{"id":191584,"date":"2022-05-24T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=191584"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:44:00","slug":"take-two-acquisition-of-zynga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/take-two-acquisition-of-zynga\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two acquisition of Zynga for $12.7 billion is official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year we\u2019ve seen a few jaw-dropping gaming acquisitions<\/strong>, and the latest one between Take-Two and Zynga is no different. Take-Two<\/strong> announced its intentions to buy the mobile gaming giant Zynga in January, and the deal has just been completed for $12.7 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Zynga is a powerful mobile gaming developer responsible for many popular games such as Words With Friends, Farmville<\/a> and others. On the other hand, Take-Two is an established gaming company with massive game franchises such as Grand Theft Auto<\/a>, BioShock<\/a> and Civilizations. With this acquisition, Take-Two can start producing mobile games with the assistance of Zynga\u2019s expertise in building hugely popular free-to-play mobile games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may seem odd that a successful gaming company would spend this amount on acquiring a mobile gaming giant. This is especially true when considering some of the other acquisitions<\/strong> announced this year, like Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard<\/strong> and Sony offering to buy Bungie<\/strong>. These gaming acquisitions are all PC or console game developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when looking at the revenue generated by mobile games, it doesn\u2019t seem like such an odd move. Activision\u2019s Call of Duty: Mobile was launched in October 2019 and has just surpassed $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue. PUBG Mobile also announced a lifetime revenue of $7 billion<\/strong>. So there is money to be made with well-developed mobile games, and Take-Two wants to get in on the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take-Two mentioned in an investor presentation at the time the deal with Zynga was being negotiated that they plan to bring more of their franchises to the mobile platform<\/strong>. Does this mean we could see a Grand Theft Auto mobile game soon? Since we’re on this topic, have a look at whether Rockstar Games might remake GTA IV.<\/p>\n\n\n

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