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M&A Deal Summary

GameStop Acquires Kongregate

On July 27, 2010, GameStop acquired digital media company Kongregate

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GameStop’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is GameStop’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is GameStop’s 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Kongregate was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2017 for 55M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-27
Target Kongregate
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) GameStop
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kongregate

San Francisco, California, United States
Kongregate, Inc. is a browser based game site with over 10 million monthly unique visitors who spend more than 23 million hours playing per month. The site features a community and social platform including achievements, profiles, chat, messaging, forums, and levels, which unifies over 30,000 games into a cohesive and addicting experience. Kongregate shares revenue from advertising and virtual goods directly with over 8,500 developers who have uploaded games to the site. Kongregate, Inc. was established in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer

GameStop

Grapevine, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Retail
Employees6,000
Revenue 3.8B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
GameStop's corporate headquarters in Grapevine, Texas.
GameStop's corporate headquarters in Grapevine, Texas.

GameStop is a video game and entertainment software retailer. GameStop was founded in 1996 and is based in Grapevine, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 7
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 9
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-01 Jolt Online Gaming

Dublin, Ireland

Jolt Online Gaming is a publisher of free to play online games.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-31 Impulse

United States

Impulse, Inc. is a digital distribution platform that allows users to quickly and easily find their favorite games and download them to their Internet-connected devices.

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