Zynga’s got $1.8 billion in cash and is aggressively looking for the next OMGPOP
Good news for all you mobile game developers out there: Zynga, now a public company, has a big chunk of available cash on hand...
Meet the one OMGPOP employee who turned down a new job at Zynga
In the torrent of coverage about Zynga’s purchase of OMGPOP last week, most of the focus was on the price, eventually revealed to be...
The DeanBeat: Tips from Ubisoft on making a happy game industry acquisition
It’s no secret that 2012 will be a year full of acquisitions in the game industry. Last year, investments grew 96 percent to $2...
Linden Lab acquires LittleTextPeople for new projects this year
Anyone remember Linden Lab? How about its game, Second Life? Well, it was the talk of the middle of the last decade (and winner...
DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011
The social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the...