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Sega Gobbles Up Angry Birds In Gaming Industry’s Most Bizarre Acquisition Yet
Japanese gaming publisher Sega announced on Monday it will buy the company behind smartphone one-hit wonder Angry Birds for $US775 million. It’s the latest major gaming acquisition, and one of the weirdest ones yet.
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The Biggest Game Delays Of 2022
Games get delayed all the time, but this year had more than its fair share of companies posting wall-of-text screenshots telling fans they’ll have to wait a little bit longer to play their most anticipated release or review bomb it on Steam. 2022 was supposed to be the year we got Starfield, Breath of the…
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Report: Tencent Wants To Expand Its Empire By Becoming Ubisoft’s Biggest Shareholder
Tencent appears to be doubling down on its investment in Ubisoft. While it already owns 5 per cent of the Assassin’s Creed publisher, Reuters now reports the Chinese mega-conglomerate with huge investments throughout the gaming industry has its sights set on becoming Ubisoft’s single biggest shareholder. Its plan for achieving that? Pay double what the…
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GTA Publisher To Buy Farmville Maker Zynga For $17.7 Billion
Take-Two, the publisher behind some of the biggest names in gaming like Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, today announced a deal to buy mobile game company Zynga for $US12.7 (A$17.7) billion. If the acquisition of the FarmVille creator goes through, it will mark the biggest sale in video game history.