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TAG Games Starts TAG Apps

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

The guys over at TAG Games announced a new business unit in the TAG group called TAG Apps. The business unit will focus strongly at app development.

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Zynga Worth more Than EA!?

October 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to data from SharesPost, Zynga is now worth $5.51 Billion, effectively beating EA from the throne as second most valuable gaming company world-wide.

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Intel Invests $3 Million in OpenFeint

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Multiplayer Gaming | No Comments »

Intel Capital has announced a $3 Million investment in Aurora Feint, the company behind the successful OpenFeint social mobile gaming network (and some games).

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EA Acquires Chillingo

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Good news for the guys over at Chillingo. The successful iOS publisher has been acquired by gaming behemoth EA. With the acquisition, EA will further strengthen its position on the App Store.

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FremantleMedia/RTL Acquires Ludia

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

RTL’s FremantleMedia has acquired a controlling stake of 51% in Montral based mobile game studio Ludia. The acquisition follows closely on Endemol’s announcement to start a mobile and online gaming studio in the UK.

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Inovisi Infracom Invests $30 Million in Ozura

October 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mobile social gaming platforms are hot these days. Only a day after the acquisition of ngmoco was announced, Inovisi Infracom announces their investment in Ozura World Ltd.

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DeNa Acquires ngmoco, its True

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We already wrote about the rumor earlier this week, but it turns out DeNa indeed bought ngmoco. Ngmoco will help DeNa get grip on the western mobile gaming market.

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Cellfish Media Acquired Airborne Mobile

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Cellfish Media has announced the acquisition of Canada based branded content pioneer Airborne Mobile. This is the third time the companies changes ownership.

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Microsoft to Acquire Adobe!?

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to the New York Times, both Adobe and Microsoft have been in collaboration talks to limit the grip Apple has on the mobile hard- and software market. An acquisition would have been part of the talks.

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DeNa to Acquire ngmoco!?

October 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to Techcrunch, rumors say DeNa is considering the acquisition of competitor ngmoco for a sweet $400 million. If true, this move could make push DeNa into a leading position in social mobile games.