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Roundtable #30 - Take Two buys Zynga & The Roblox Controversy

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In this Metacast episode, Yonatan Raz-Fridman, Devin Becker and Abhimanyu Kumar join your host Nicolas Vereecke to discuss -

 

#1: Take-Two buys Zynga for $12.7B

For context, here is the press release.

 

#2: Is Roblox Exploiting Young Game Developers?

We discuss the first and second videos released by People Make Games. 

And as this week’s bonus segment, we are making bold predictions about M&A in 2022.

Other key links referenced in the discussion:

• EA buys Glu - Link
• GTA Online recurring revenue - Link 
• Zynga's experience porting IP to mobile - Link
• Max Payne Mobile (I don't think Manyu knew!) - Apple & Google
• Take-Two's purchase of SocialPoint - Link
• Supersocial (gotta plug Yon!) - Link
• CORE - Link
• Robux DevEx FAQ - Link

 

If you would like us to discuss any another gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co. We’d love to hear your general thoughts and feedback too!

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Published on 3 years, 11 months ago