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Zynga may have paid $6M for Bonfire Studios
Social gaming giant Zynga in late September sold $6.3 million in equity, according to an SEC Form D Read More
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Gamervision raises $1.5 million private round
Gaming site Gamervision on Wednesday announced that it has raised $1.5 million from private investors and anonymous “veteran Read More
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DeNA buying ngmoco for $400 million (report)
DeNA, a big mobile gaming company in Japan, is in talks to acquire San Francisco-based iOS game developer Read More
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Zynga buys Bonfire Studios in Dallas
Zynga, the ever-growing social gaming snowball, has acquired Dallas-based Bonfire Studios for an undisclosed amount. Upholding precedent, Zynga Read More
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Mobile guru David Ko leaves Yahoo! for Zynga
David Ko, who just stepped down as Yahoo!’s Senior Vice President of Audience, Mobile, and Local (North America), Read More
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Virtual goods an active volcano: $2.1B market
Sales of virtual goods, a relatively new and wildly successful business model for mobile and social applications, are Read More
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Zynga’s Mark Pincus: “We are data junkies”
Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of Zynga, the hottest social gaming startup on Facebook, just stepped off the Read More
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Social gaming ad spending soaring to $220M
Everyone knows the social gaming sector gets a little bigger everyday, as 2010 increasingly looks like the year Read More
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Zynga acquires Japanese social gamers Unoh
Social gaming goliath Zynga announced on Friday that it has acquired Japanese startup Unoh for an undisclosed amount, Read More
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Zynga finally announces Softbank investment
Confirming news over a month old, Zynga on Thursday announced that Japanese telecommunications and media corporation Softbank has Read More
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Disney purchases Playdom for $563.2 million
Disney, continuing its energetic and assertive push into social gaming, has agreed to pay $563.2 million up-front for Read More
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GameStop acquires social gamers Kongregate
GameStop, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar video game retailer, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Kongregate, one of Read More
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Live Gamer to power EA microtransactions
EA on Monday announced that it has agreed to a partnership with Live Gamer, a monetization platform for Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 06/25/10
It’s like that creepy scene from Being John Malkovich where everyone in the room looks like the actor Read More