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K2 Acquires All Points Bulletin

November 11, 2010

NOV. 11, 2010 • K2 Network, which specializes in localizing Asian games for Western markets, acquired the rights to Realtime World’s ill-fated MMO All Points Bulletin for £1.5 million ($2.3 million). Expectations are the title will re-emerge later as an F2P experience supporte.....

ZeniMax Acquires Tango Gameworks

October 28, 2010

OCT. 28, 2010 • Fresh off of receiving a $150 million round of investment from Providence Equity Partners, ZeniMax Media is back on the acquisition hunt. Shinji Mikami’s Japanese studio Tango Gameworks was snapped up for an undisclosed amount. Mikani is best known as one of the creators of the Resident Evil franchise. Within a week the company had also acquired Swedish developer Machinegames, which was promptly renamed to ZeniMax Sweden. .....

Intel Capital Invests in OpenFeint

October 21, 2010

OCT. 21, 2010 • Intel Capital has made a $3 million investment in OpenFeint. The latter is best known for its mobile social gaming platform Aurora Feint. The investment brings Aurora Feint’s total funding to $12 million. The company took a $5 million investment from Chinese gaming company The9 ea.....

Interview: Louisiana Game Industry Extends Welcome to Developers

October 21, 2010

OCT. 21, 2010 • The last decade has not been kind to the State of Louisiana. Between catastrophic natural and manmade disasters, where this state government has found the time and resources to entice game developers within its borders is a surprise. Yet that’s exactly what Louisiana has bee.....

Chillingo Bought By Electronic Arts

October 20, 2010December 15, 2022

OCT. 20, 2010 • Macclesﬁeld games publisher Chillingo in the U.K. was acquired for $20 million by Electronic Arts. Chillingo was launched in 2002 to promote and market games for smartphones, and was one of the first publishers to publish games for the iPhone. EA sees .....

DeNA Acquires Ngmoco

October 12, 2010

OCT. 12, 2010 • DeNA, the company behind Mobage Town mobile social game platform in Japan, acquired San Francisco Bay Area iPhone game developer Ngmoco for $400 million. The acquisition was one of the largest ever for an iPhone studio. DeNA’s intends to integrate its Mobage.....

Nexon Takes Stake in BoomBang Games

October 5, 2010February 16, 2023

OCT. 5, 2010 • Nexon Co., Ltd. has invested in Spanish online game developer BoomBang Games, acquiring 32% of the latter’s shares. Based in Barcelona, BoomBang designs Flash-based titles that encourage social networking and will appeal to Spanish-speaking teens around the world. Impact: DFC has long predicted the growth of gaming, particularly online gaming, to new geographies and demogr.....

Zynga Buys Dextrose

September 25, 2010

SEPT. 25, 2010 • Zynga has purchased German game engine developer Dextrose. The latter is known for its Aves engine, which supports high-end gameplay in a browser window. Dextrose will become Zynga Germany in Frankfurt. Impact: It is fairly obvious that Zynga is in trouble. With their new game, Frontierville, launched in June 2010, Zynga seemed compelled to make the game almost unplayable un.....