M&A Deal Summary

Ubisoft Acquires 1492 Studio

On February 28, 2018, Ubisoft acquired digital media company 1492 Studio

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ubisoft’s 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Ubisoft’s 4th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-02-28
Target 1492 Studio
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Ubisoft
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

1492 Studio

Vailhauquès, France
1492 Studio is a game development studio specialized in the development of free-to-play episodic and interactive stories on mobile. Founded in 2014 and based near Montpellier, France, the team at 1492 Studio created the successful mobile franchise “Is it Love?”

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Buyer

Ubisoft

Saint-Mande, France

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees16,625
Revenue 1.9B EUR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Ubisoft is a producer and distributor of software games for consoles. Ubisoft was founded in 1986 and is based in Saint-Mande, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 16
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 15
Country: France M&A 4 of 5
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-28 Growtopia

United States

Growtopia is a free-to-play game supported by a highly-engaged community of more than 20 million registered users. In Growtopia, players can create an infinite number of worlds, and make each one their own. With over 500 million worlds created by users, players will never run out of interesting places to visit, create, and collaborate with friends.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-02 Blue Mammoth Games

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Blue Mammoth Games is an independent game development studio based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The studio was founded in 2009 by veterans of Cryptic Studios and Hi-Rez Studios, and specializes in online multiplayer games with large player bases. Blue Mammoth developed and published Brawlhalla, a free-to-play fighting game for PC and Mac, coming to PlayStation in 2017. Brawlhalla has had over five million players, and is currently the most played fighting game on Steam.

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