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Jam City acquires Bingo Pop maker from Uken (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Mobile game publisher Jam City continued its acquisition spree today as it announced the purchase of Bingo Pop from Uken Games in Toronto.

The Los Angeles-based Jam City has now acquired three game assets this year — including Disney’s Emoji Blitz mobile game studio in Glendale, California, and Brainz in Bogotá, Colombia. These deals could potentially help shore the company’s user base and finances in advance of a rumored initial public offering.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.