Ingrid Lunden
Nov 1, 2011 1:00 AM
It has become something of a meme that young kids take to smartphones and tablets like fish to water. Today sees a development that could foster that idea along with more content for them to consume. Mindshapes, an educational games publisher started in 2010 by five execs with a track…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 10, 2009 2:40 PM
Yesterday EA announced buying social gaming company Playfish for $275 million upfront (our coverage is here). Now comes more details from an SEC filing by EA. Among those:—$30 million of $275 million is in escrow, a normal occurrence.— Kristian Segerstrale, Sebastien de Halleux and Sami Lababidi, all Playfish senior execs,…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 9, 2009 11:29 AM
In the midst of the EA acquisition news, paidContent managed to corral Sebastien de Halleux, Playfish’s COO, to get more details on how the deal came about—as well as how the company avoided getting tainted by the stigma of deceptive ads in social games. Tameka Kee: Rumors about the deal…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 9, 2009 10:21 AM
Playfish said no once, twice ... but perhaps the third time was the charm. The hot social gaming company has been acquired by *Electronic Arts*, in a deal potentially worth $400 million. Previous reports pegged the price at around $250 million. EA will pay $275 million in cash, as well…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 15, 2009 4:19 PM
Reports have been flying around about Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) potentially buying hot social-gaming company Playfish—with sources telling Inside Social Games that the deal may have closed “a few weeks ago”, and GamesIndustry.biz reporting that it was worth $250 million. EA’s response to us: “We don’t comment on rumors about…
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Tameka Kee
Sep 18, 2009 5:10 PM
Not much differentiates one hot new social gaming startup from another. Sure they have different games—and maybe even slightly different business models—but for the most part, they make their money through some combination of user-generated revenue (micro-transactions, virtual goods, subscriptions, etc.) and advertising. What’s really interesting is when other people…
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Dianne See Morrison
Oct 28, 2008 10:03 AM
Social games publisher and developer Playfish has raised $17 million (£10.8 million) in a second round of funding led by Accel Partners and Index Ventures. The London-based start up plans to use the money to continue growing its offering. The company says it currently has more than 10 million monthly…
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