M&A Deal Summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Firesprite

On September 8, 2021, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired technology hardware company Firesprite

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-09-08
Target Firesprite
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Sony Interactive Entertainment
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Firesprite

Liverpool, United Kingdom
website
Firesprite is a game development studio develops showpieces for cutting-edge hardware. Firesprite was founded in 2012 and is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Tokyo, California, Japan

website


Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. is a provider of PlayStation® brand and family of products and services. The PlayStation family of products and services include PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®3, PlayStation™Store, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Video, PlayStation™Music, PlayStation™Now, PlayStation™Vue and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 9
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-01 Nixxes

Utrecht, Netherlands

Nixxes is a Dutch company specializing in video game design, development, and porting. Nixxes was founded in 1999 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-30 Bluepoint Games

Austin, Texas, United States

Bluepoint Games is a developer and long-time partner of SIE in developing critically-acclaimed remasters and remakes for PlayStation® consoles. Bluepoint Games was founded in 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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