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Zynga acquires StarLark studio and Golf Rival game for $525M

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Zynga has agreed to acquire StarLark, a Chinese game developer, and the mobile golf title Golf Rival from Betta Games for $525 million in cash and stock. Golf Rival is the second-largest mobile golf game behind Playdemic’s Golf Clash, and Electronic Arts is in the process of buying that studio for $1.4 billion. The…
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Zynga’s Q2 2021 bookings of $712M are up 37% from a year ago

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting strong bookings and revenues in the second quarter that ended June 30 thanks to the  performance of its existing games Toon Blast, Toy Blast…
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold 37 million copies on Nintendo Switch

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Nintendo had a handful of new game launches during its last fiscal quarter, but the publisher’s older hits were just as important to its bottom line. The company sold 2.07 million copies of New Pokémon Snap, 1.34 million copies of Mario Golf: Super Rush, and 1.04 million copies of Miitopia. But during the same…
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Planetarium nabs $2.6M for decentralized RPG Nine Chronicles

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Planetarium said its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) so players can own and make their game assets, has raised $2.6 million. NFT gaming unicorn Animoca Brands led the round ahead of the launch of Nine Chronicles’ governance token on the Ethereum cryptocurrency…
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Activision Blizzard’s Q2 2021 bookings drop 7% to $1.92B

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s and its own expectations with 19% revenue growth to $2.29 billion for the second quarter ended June 30. The earnings come the…
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Activision Blizzard creates new mobile studio for Call of Duty

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard has created a new mobile game studio for the Call of Duty franchise. The studio is working on an unannounced title for the Call of Duty franchise. Daniel Alegre, the president…
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Activision Blizzard promises change while dodging employee demands

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. During today’s investor call, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick promised that change would come to the troubled publisher. However, he and other leaders failed to address specific demands and concerns that employees have made. The company has come under fire since the State of California announced it was suing the…
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