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Take-Two and Zynga to Combine, Bringing Together Best-in-Class Intellectual Properties

"Take-Two Interactive and Zynga, two leaders in interactive and mobile entertainment, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Take-Two will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Zynga in a cash and stock transaction valued at $9.861 per Zynga share, based on the market close as of January 7, 2022, with a total enterprise value of approximately $12.7 billion.

Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the agreement, Zynga stockholders will receive $3.50 in cash and $6.361 in shares of Take-Two common stock for each share of Zynga common stock outstanding at the closing of the transaction. The purchase price represents a premium of 64% to Zynga’s closing share price on January 7, 2022.

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sparky77862d ago

Wow nearly double the price of Bethesda, crazy how much more valuable free to play games are than traditional AAA.

gamer7804862d ago

Perceived financial value. Value to the gamer is a big difference.

Sashamaz859d ago

Value to gamer is higher for mobile games than traditional AAA, the proof is the billions they make in profits. People simply love tapping at their phones.

gold_drake862d ago

12 BILLION, what the hell lol

nmbr1esq862d ago

waste of money...should have hired some devs to get a GTA6 or hey "Agent" out...but nope Tk2 sux.

RaidenBlack862d ago (Edited 862d ago )

... just following the money trail ...

Jericho1337862d ago (Edited 862d ago )

Not really, the revenue they make back in the long term will most likely fund future GTAs.

chicken_in_the_corn861d ago

Take Two own Rockstar who have numerous studios around the world to work on a new game

Ethereal862d ago

That's a whole lot of chedda...

Magog862d ago (Edited 862d ago )

More like best in class predatory gambling mechanics.

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QubicGames' "20 for 20 Anniversary Bundle" is now available for PC via Steam

"To celebrate its 20th anniversary, QubicGames is bringing a curated collection of its top titles on Steam. As a launch gift to players, there is even a "20 for 20 - Anniversary Bundle" that will be heavily discounted to allow gamers to purchase their favorite titles at irresistible prices. Players who purchase the entire bundle at once will pay less than $20!" - QubicGames.

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Take-Two CEO on GTA VI release, upswing in mobile gaming

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, how confident Zelnick is in the guidance for fall 2025, and much more.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos20h ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H913h ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX8h ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H95h ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro2h ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

banger8813h ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7710h ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos8h ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris5h ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day