A look at Take-Two's $12B Zynga deal in 2022, just as casual games peaked post pandemic, Apple introduced ATT, and the mobile game market headed into a downturn
then people found other stuff to do https://www.bloomberg.com/... @jacobidle : Forgive me, but was this not entirely predictable? These acquisitions rarely, if ever, work out. One only has to look bac...
A look at Take-Two's $12B Zynga deal in 2022, just as casual games peaked post pandemic, Apple introduced ATT, and the mobile game market headed into a downturn
Video-game giant's push into smartphone titles was expensive and late. — Excitement over the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI … Bluesky: @janety.bsky.social . X: @cecianasta , @technology , @...
Game preservationists are digging into a 1.2TB cache of TestFlight data, from roughly 2012 to 2015, found on the Internet Archive, containing a ton of old apps
This likely contains every unencrypted binary submitted between 2012 and 2015 to the service — ‘terabytes of data’. … X: @teraleak : FULL TESTFLIGHT CDN ARCHIVES: 1. https://web.archive.org/... 2. htt...
Graphic pro-Israel ads are appearing in kids' video games, including Angry Birds, in the UK and elsewhere; Israel has spent $1.5M on online ads since October 7
Maria Julia Cassis was sitting down to a meal in her terraced home in north London when her 6-year-old son ran into the dining room, his face pale. X: @anishasircar , @leenavand , @stephentotilo , and...
Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M
- The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio's outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said.
Sources: Sega is nearing a deal to acquire Rovio for ~$1B; Rovio was in talks to sell to rival Playtika for $800M+, but the negotiations ended in March 2023
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Sources: Sega is nearing a deal to acquire Rovio for ~$1B; Rovio was in talks to sell to rival Playtika for $800M+, but the negotiations ended in March 2023
Japan-based entertainment conglomerate expected to pay about $1 billion for Rovio Entertainment — Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. SGAMY …
Rovio misses on Q4 revenue of €73.9M vs €77.33M estimated and announces closure of a year-old London office, departure of head of games unit; stock down 9%+
Rovio Group revenue is expected … Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : This one chart shows just how brutal it is for ‘Angry Birds’ maker Rovio to make another smash hit Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Rovio cl...
Rovio misses on Q4 revenue of €73.9M vs €77.33M estimated and announces closure of a year-old London office, departure of head of games unit; stock down 9%+
Gaming and entertainment company Rovio continues to have a very hard time of it as it faces the music on the waning popularity …