M&A Deal Summary

Keywords Studios Acquires Mindwalk Studios

On April 1, 2016, Keywords Studios acquired digital media company Mindwalk Studios for 6M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 4th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-04-01
Target Mindwalk Studios
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Keywords Studios
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 6M USD

Target

Mindwalk Studios

Beijing, China
Mindwalk Studios Ltd. is a video game art and animation services provider.

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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 9 of 40
Sector (Digital Media) 4 of 26
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 35
Country (China) 1 of 2
Year (2016) 2 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-22 Ankama Asia Pte

Manila, Philippines

Ankama is an independent French group and major in the entertainment industry that builds its development around a trans-media strategy: online games, animation, publishing, press, music, merchandise, toys, games for consoles and mobile devices. Ankama develops its universes through all these media to create a complete and immersive narrative experience.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-06 Kite Team S.L

Madrid, Spain

Kite Team S.L is a provider of games localisation and audio recording for both Iberian and Latin American Spanish, serving a blue chip client base of global video game publishers and developers from its audio recording and localisation studios in Madrid and Mexico City.

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