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"Angry Birds" Developer Rovio Buys Animation Firm Kombo
Espoo, Finland - Rovio, the game developer behind the popular "Angry Birds" franchise, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Finnish animation studio Kombo.
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RockYou Acquires Aussie Social Games Studio 3 Blokes
Redwood City, Calif. - Social games publisher RockYou announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Brisbane, Australia-based developer 3 Blokes.
Financial terms of the transaction...
Portalarium Nabs Funding for Social, Mobile Games
Austin - Social and mobile games publisher Portalarium announced on Wednesday that it has closed a second round of bridge financing, bringing its total...
PunchTab Gets $850,000 for Online Loyalty Programs
Menlo Park, Calif. - PunchTab, the developer of a service that helps businesses and website owners create loyalty programs, has raised $850,000 in seed...
3M Backs German E-book Platform txtr
Berlin - txtr, a Berlin-based developer of e-reader device technology, said on Wednesday that it has received an investment from 3M New Ventures and...
Vokle Lands $767,000 for Web Video 'Talk Show' Platform
Irvine, Calif. - Vokle, the developer of a Web-based video communications platform, has raised $767,000 in new funding led by Tech Coast Angels.
Launched in...
China's Perfect World Acquires Cryptic Studios for $50 Million
Beijing - Chinese multiplayer game publisher Perfect World announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Atari's Cryptic Studios for about $50 million.
Cryptic Studios has...
Twitter Acquires Team Behind Search Marketer AdGrok
San Francisco - Twitter has acquired the team that developed search engine advertising firm AdGrok.
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, apparently...
Chinese Business Social Network Ushi Looks to Raise $5 Million
Shanghai - Chinese business social networking site Ushi is in the process of raising $5 million in new funding, CEO Dominic Penaloza tells Reuters.
The...
European Social Games Studio wooga Raises $24 Million
Berlin - European online social games developer wooga announced on Tuesday that it has raised $24 million in its second round of venture capital...