M&A Deal Summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Firewalk Studios

On April 20, 2023, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired digital media company Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 7th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 3rd transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-04-20
Target Firewalk Studios
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sellers(s) ProbablyMonsters
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Firewalk Studios

Bellevue, Washington, United States
Firewalk Studios is a gaming development company. Firewalk Studios was founded in 2018 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Tokyo, California, Japan

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 11 of 11
Sector (Digital Media) 7 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Washington) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 5 of 5
Year (2023) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-29 Savage Game Studios

Helsinki, Finland

Savage Game Studios is a mobile game development studio that makes action games with epic stories to foster lasting connections with players around the world. Savage Game Studios is based in Helsinki and Berlin.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ProbablyMonsters

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

ProbablyMonsters is an independent video game company. ProbablyMonsters was founded in 2018 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2023) 1 of 1