M&A Deal Summary

Infinity Ward Acquires Neversoft Entertainment

On May 3, 2014, Infinity Ward acquired digital media company Neversoft Entertainment from Activision Blizzard

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Infinity Ward’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Infinity Ward’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Infinity Ward’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-05-03
Target Neversoft Entertainment
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Infinity Ward
Sellers(s) Activision Blizzard
Deal Type Merger

Target

Neversoft Entertainment

Woodland Hills, California, United States
Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. is a console video game developer.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Infinity Ward

Encino, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Infinity Ward, Inc. is a developer of video games.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Activision Blizzard

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Digital Media
Employees9,500
Revenue 8.1B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Activision Blizzard's corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, California.
Activision Blizzard's corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

Activision Blizzard is a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and video game products. The Company was originally established in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 3
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-11 Underground Development

Hayward, California, United States

Underground Development is a video game developer company.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-02 King Digital Entertainment

Dublin, Ireland

King Digital Entertainment plc is an interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. It had a network of 330 million monthly unique users as of third quarter 2015, has developed more than 200 exclusive games, and offers games in over 200 countries and regions through its king.com and royalgames.com websites, Facebook, and mobile distribution platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. King has game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Singapore, and Seattle, along with offices in San Francisco, Malta, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Bucharest.

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