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pixxel
> 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.

AdmiralAsshat
In other news, Zynga apparently has $1.8B to blow.
bdcravens
No, only $900M

> Zynga stated that the deal comprised $900 million in cash, and $900 million in Zynga stock

AdmiralAsshat
That's still $800m more than I figured Zynga had at this point.
shultays
I thought Zynga already bought Peak Games. Was that something else?
ismailunal
I think it was kind of some department of it. not all of it.
tehlike
Zynga bought gramgames few years ago, also from turkey.
[dead] loltyler1
WHAT THE FUCK WHAT IS THIS PLACE WHERE DID I SIGN UP TO BE BORN HERE
jacknews
"Both companies share a common vision — to bring people together through games."

sure

toyg
Well, it doesn't say where they bring people - in a dark alley shooting addictive substances up their veins.
SheinhardtWigCo
“To make a shitload of money” doesn’t quite have the same ring.
continuations
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?

bdcravens
They transitioned their games to mobile.

Ignoring today's jump due to the acquisition news, their stock has been pretty strong over the last year. I think they moved past the world domination phase of the company to be a solid game studio.

tmpz22
I suggest everyone downloads words with friends 2, video ads between every move. I would avoid their brand like the plague.
mrtksn
Don't they offer to remove ads or something like that?