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Keywords Studios Acquires Enzyme Testing Labs

On November 17, 2016, Keywords Studios acquired digital media company Enzyme Testing Labs for 5M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 9th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 3rd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 3rd transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-11-17
Target Enzyme Testing Labs
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Keywords Studios
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5M CAD

Target

Enzyme Testing Labs

Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Enzyme Testing Labs, Inc. is one of the most recognised technical services brands in the video games industry. From AAA projects to casual mobile titles, Enzyme provides testing services on all platforms for the video-games industry. Those services include functionality testing, localisation testing, compliance testing, compatibility testing, connectivity testing and multiplayer network performance services, as well as focus groups and usability testing. Enzyme also provides localisation and multilingual customer support services.

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Buyer

Keywords Studios

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Digital Media
Revenue 780M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. The company provides integrated art creation, localization, testing, audio, and customer care services across 50 languages and 14 game platforms to a blue-chip client base in more than 15 countries. Keywords Studios was founded in 1998 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 41
Sector: Digital Media M&A 9 of 27
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 36
State: Quebec M&A 3 of 4
Country: Canada M&A 3 of 5
Year: 2016 M&A 7 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-26 Player Research

Brighton, United Kingdom

Player Research Ltd. is an user research and playtesting specialist whose cutting edge work has impacted more than 600 million gamers worldwide to date. Established in Brighton in 2012, the Player Research team ensure players' experiences are as close as possible to the designers' vision, thus helping their clients to achieve long term chart-topping and genre-leading games.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-22 Sonox Audio Solutions

Madrid, Spain

Sonox offers top quality audio and text localization in Spanish, Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. It has its own recording facilities in Madrid, Spain, and shares studios in Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro with its partners. Its clients include major publishers such as Electronic Arts and Blizzard.

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