Gaming

Take-Two Buying FarmVille Maker Zynga for $12B
Take-Two Buying FarmVille Maker Zynga for $12B
January 10, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Grand Theft Auto, meet FarmVille.  The video gaming company Take-Two Interactive Software will buy the mobile and online game maker Zynga Inc. for $12.7 billion,...

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Take-Two’s Zynga Bid Shows Connected Economy and Mobile, Personalized Advertising’s Appeal
Take-Two’s Zynga Bid Shows Connected Economy and Mobile, Personalized Advertising’s Appeal
January 10, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Online gaming — particularly mobile gaming — is cementing its place as part the foundation that keeps the connected economy, well, connected, across all avenues...

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Tencent May Acquire Gaming Phone Maker Black Shark
Tencent May Acquire Gaming Phone Maker Black Shark
January 10, 2022  |  Metaverse

China’s Tencent Group is in talks to acquire the gaming smartphone maker Black Shark in an apparent effort to enter the metaverse.  According to multiple...

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PYMNTS NFT Series: Gaming NFTs Don’t Just Have Value, They Have An Economy
PYMNTS NFT Series: Gaming NFTs Don’t Just Have Value, They Have An Economy
January 06, 2022  |  NFTs

Welcome to the fourth installment of PYMNTS’ series on non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, the newest craze in crypto.   In these 12 articles, we’ll be looking...

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Hasbro Names Chris Cocks CEO After October Death of Brian Goldner
Hasbro Names Chris Cocks CEO After October Death of Brian Goldner
January 06, 2022  |  Retail

Hasbro Inc. has chosen Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming division leader Chris Cocks as its next chief executive officer, saying he will take...

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PYMNTS NFT Series: NFTs Target Collectors Market With Avatars, Celebrities
PYMNTS NFT Series: NFTs Target Collectors Market With Avatars, Celebrities
January 04, 2022  |  NFTs

Welcome to the first installment of PYMNTS’ series on non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, the newest craze in crypto. In these 12 articles, we’ll be looking...

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GameStop Looks for NFT Content Creators for Its Marketplace
GameStop Looks for NFT Content Creators for Its Marketplace
December 28, 2021  |  NFTs

GameStop is looking for non-fungible token (NFT) creators, with its NFT website now featuring a call for “all creators.” Interested users can request to become...

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What’s a Metaverse, and Why is One Having a Fashion Show?
What’s a Metaverse, and Why is One Having a Fashion Show?
December 28, 2021  |  Technology

The blockchain-based metaverse Decentraland is having a fashion show. A real — well, “real” — one, with models, catwalks and even afterparties. Actually, according to...

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AT&T Hopes Warp Speed Worm Shows Consumers the Value of 5G
AT&T Hopes Warp Speed Worm Shows Consumers the Value of 5G
December 28, 2021  |  Merchant Innovation

AT&T has launched a mobile game that it says will demonstrate to customers the faster speeds and lower lag times that are delivered by 5G....

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