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Take-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 an

Match 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, alongsid

Russia’s App Store lost nearly 7K apps since its invasion of Ukraine, but some Big Tech apps remain

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 th

Daily Crunch: Take-Two Interactive will buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7B

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Equity 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, it

Take-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 r

EA to acquire Codemasters for $1.2 billion

Everybody thought the deal was done — Take-Two was supposed to acquire Codemasters for nearly $1 billion. Take-Two even reached an agreement with the board of Codemasters. But Electronic Arts crashe

Take-Two moves into mobile games, buys Social Point for up to $276M

Some more consolidation is afoot in the gaming industry. Take-Two Interactive, the games maker behind big titles like Grand Theft Auto, Civilization and BioShock that once rebuffed a $2 billion acq

Grand Theft Auto V Gets A Huge Update For Xbox One, PS4, And PC

Today Rockstar Games unveiled some new footage of Grand Theft Auto from the version set for release on the PS4 and Xbox One on November 18 and the PC on January 27. The biggest reveal: there's now

Take-Two Interactive Software CEO Ben Feder To Step Down

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/t2.png" class="shot2" /> News just <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101029005232/en/Take-Two-Interactive-Software-Announces-P

Take-Two delays BioShock 2 until (fiscal year) 2010 [Update]

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bs2del.jpg" alt="" />Isn’t that a shame? Take-Two has announced that they’ve shifted the launch date for BioShock 2 to fiscal year 20

BioShock 2 dated for November 3 in the US, October 30 in Europe

During Take-Two’s quarterly call today, CEO Ben Feder announced that BioShock 2 will ship on November 3 for the US and on October 30 in Europe. Yay! Press Release

Take-Two sues 3D Realms for not finishing Duke Nukem Forever

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dukeduke.jpg" />Take-Two Interactive has sued Apogee Software Ltd., also known as 3D Realms, for breach of contract. Of course, that brea

Take-Two isn't selling out to anyone

This never-ending tango is finally over. Take-Two will be a lone wolf for the foreseeable future. “Take-Two’s Board of Directors and management have a clear mandate from stockholders to maximize v

Deal's off: Electronic Arts no longer pursuing Take Two

Electronic Arts has “moved on,” and is no longer interested in buying Take Two Interactive, the publisher of, among of games, Grand Theft Auto IV. EA made it official sometime Sunday evening, endi

PS3 owners enter Rapture October 21

That’s right, folks. 2K just announced that you, PS3 owners, will get Bioshock on the 21st of October. Headlining the list of new features is the inclusion of the Survivor difficulty mode, Troph

Take-Two (finally) makes EA do a re-do

EA has been after Take-Two since late last year. The process went public in February with Take Two letting EA’s offer expire five times. Now, EA has finally given up on its attempts to acquire Take

Take-Two considering getting into micro-transactions, in-game ads

I feel for the poor publishers, really I do. How to make the big bucks when so many games A: suck and B: cost millions to produce? Some have taken refuge on the rock of microtransactions. From a penny

Bioshock 3 confirmed; Bioshocks 4 through 8 rumored

That’s right, I’m starting the rumor here. Why not? Why not 8? If such an unique game and story can survive a trilogy, why not an octilogy? Seriously, though, Bioshock 3 was confirmed yest

EA complies with FTC on Take-Two acquisition

Looks like EA’s takeover of Take-Two is on ice for the time being while the FTC does a little digging around after an information request was given to EA. But if it takes longer than 45 days for the
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