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Zynga to buy Peak Games for $1.8B

by h4l0 on 6/1/20, 12:15 PM with 18 comments

• by continuations on 6/1/20, 2:41 PM

  I'm not familiar with casual gaming. How is Zynga doing these days?

  I remember them from the Farmville days when Facebook billed itself as an "application platform" and Farmville was the poster child of that.

  Facebook hasn't talked about "application platform" for years now and I don't know anyone still playing games on Facebook. So how is Zynga still a thing?

• by jacknews on 6/1/20, 2:30 PM

  "Both companies share a common vision — to bring people together through games."

  sure

• by yalogin on 6/1/20, 2:34 PM

  Wow completely forgot that zynga exists. They have that kind of money still?

• by AdmiralAsshat on 6/1/20, 2:13 PM

  In other news, Zynga apparently has $1.8B to blow.

• by pixxel on 6/1/20, 2:09 PM

  > US casual gaming giant Zynga is buying Turkish mobile game developer Peak for $1.8 billion, the company confirmed Monday.

  “casual gaming giant”—I did actually lol at that description of Zynga.

• by tmpz22 on 6/1/20, 3:02 PM

  I suggest everyone downloads words with friends 2, video ads between every move. I would avoid their brand like the plague.

• by shultays on 6/1/20, 2:17 PM

  I thought Zynga already bought Peak Games. Was that something else?