TikTok ventures into mobile gaming, initially in partnership with Zynga
TikTok is experimenting with games, initially in partnership with mobile gaming giant Zynga. On Monday, Zynga announced its plans to launch a new HTML5-based game, “Disco Loco 3D,” exclusively on the...
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Zynga CEO on its blockchain gaming division and navigating the advertising...
Beating the street and its own guidance, Zynga reported record third-quarter revenue of $705 million, up 40% from the same period last year and reaching its largest mobile audience ever of 183 million...
View ArticleTake-Two to acquire mobile gaming giant Zynga for $12.7B
Huge consolidation is afoot in the world of gaming. Today Take-Two Interactive announced a plan to acquire mobile games giant Zynga, in a deal valued at $9.86 per share — $3.50 in cash and the...
View ArticleEquity Monday: The end of cheap money, and Take-Two buys Zynga
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, our short ramp into the week. Yes,...
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Daily Crunch: Take-Two Interactive will buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7B
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 10, 2022! For those of...
View ArticleTurkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual...
Istanbul has become a city to watch when it comes to casual gaming startups, boosted by the likes of Peak (acquired by Zynga for $1.8 billion) and Dream (valued at $1 billion in a funding round last...
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Daily Crunch: Citrix to be acquired by Vista and Evergreen/Elliott in $16.5B...
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, January 31! We’re putting a bow on the first month of the year today, but that doesn’t mean we’re looking back. Not at all. First, news is popping off like...
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Tripledot snaps up $116M at a $1.4B valuation as casual mobile games become...
Casual mobile games have reached a fever pitch of interest with consumers, and so too with investors, who are rushing to back the biggest and most promising startups building these quick hits of...
View ArticleEWA, which taps into popular media to teach languages, hits 51M downloads and...
Online language learning continues to be a huge opportunity for startups, with the most engaging experiences meeting a surge of interest from consumers looking for more productivity out of the hours...
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Russia’s App Store lost nearly 7K apps since its invasion of Ukraine, but...
The Russian App Store has lost 6,982 mobile apps since the start of the Ukraine invasion, as numerous companies have now pulled their apps and games from Apple’s iPhone and iPad App Stores in the...
View ArticleDigital bank Umba raises $15M, plans to expand into three new African markets
There’s no shortage of digital banks in Nigeria and, in general, in Africa. As the region continues to experience rapid growth in mobile usage and the corresponding growing young population, these...
View ArticleMatch names Zynga President Bernard Kim as CEO, replacing Shar Dubey
Dating app giant Match is getting a new CEO. Just over two years after assuming the top exec position, Match CEO and 16-year employee Shar Dubey is stepping down. The company announced today, alongside...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz debuts $600 million fund for games investments
Andreessen Horowitz is launching a new vertical fund exclusively focused on opportunities in the games industry. The new $600 million fund brings a pool of dedicated capital and a new internal...
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TikTok is gearing up for games, including interactive minigames for TikTok LIVE
TikTok is already one of the world’s fastest-growing social media platforms, where it’s even overtaken YouTube on watch time in select markets and sports over 1 billion monthly active users. Now, the...
View ArticleTake-Two completes $12.7B acquisition of mobile games giant Zynga
Take-Two has completed its $12.7 billion acquisition of mobile games giant Zynga, the company announced on Monday. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Zynga shareholders received $3.50 in cash and...
View ArticleRoblox hires former Zynga CTO to build out its developer team
Roblox has picked up a key hire to help grow its ecosystem of user-generated content for the metaverse. Nick Tornow is joining the company as VP of Engineering for its developer team, leaving his...
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The week Jack stepped back
Hey all. Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we recap some of the top stories to cross TC’s front page over the last 7 days. The most read story on our site this week was about...
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TikTok begins pilot testing HTML5 mini-games with a handful of partners
TikTok wants to determine its users’ appetite for mobile gaming with the launch of “mini-games” that can be played inside the social video app and discovered through creators’ videos. TechCrunch...
View ArticleUnsealed docs in Facebook privacy suit offer glimpse of missing app audit
It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up… The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep a lid on the gory details of a third party app audit that its founder...
View Article‘0ktapus’ hackers are back and targeting tech and gaming companies, says...
The hackers who reportedly hit more than 130 organizations last year and stole the credentials of almost 10,000 employees are still targeting several tech and video game companies, according to a...
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