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Kongregate acquires War Metal: Tyrant creator Synapse Games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Kongregate has acquired Chicago game studio Synapse Games in an effort to build out its portfolio as an independent game publisher.

Swedish entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) recently acquired GameStop’s Kongregate for an enterprise value of $55 million. In turn, Kongregate — which is still run by cofounder Emily Greer — has been on the march to acquire new games and studios.

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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.