Rollic is buying Germany's Popcore studio.
Rollic is buying Germany's Popcore studio.
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Zynga’s Rollic buys German mobile game studio Popcore

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga’s Rollic hypercasual gaming division has acquired Popcore, an indie mobile game developer based in Germany.

Financial terms were not disclosed. Popcore is a leader in the puzzle genre and has made chart-topping games such as Parking Jam 3D and Pull the Pin!, both of which hit the No. 1 most-downloaded game in the U.S. on Apple’s iOS.

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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.