2012 mergers and acquisitions run-rate 40 percent higher than 2011, investment in social/casual games drops
Investment bank Digi-Capital today published its Q3 update for its Global Games Investment Review 2012; the mergers and acquisitions transaction value of 2012 has already surpassed the total from 2011 but games investment (particularly among social/casual games) is far lower than it was last year.
This year’s transaction value is now at 105 percent for the entirety of 2011, meaning the run-rate to Q3 2012 showed a 40 percent year-over-year gain. Six of the 10 largest transactions of this past quarter were made by Chinese, Japanese and South Korean groups.
2011 was a record
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