By Brandon Russell |
Dell might go private, and Microsoft wants to help. The Redmond company apparently wants to loan out up to $3 billion as a “mezzanine” investment, which could convert to equity if Dell fails to pay Microsoft back. And that’s about it—for now. Dell is already…
By Killian Bell |
Late last week, a wild rumor that suggested Samsung was gearing up to purchase rival smartphone vendor Nokia began circling the web. We had our suspicions that someone, somewhere along the line, was pulling our leg. And today the Korean electronics giant has confirmed in…
By Joey Davidson |
As Zynga continues to roll through the mobile and Facebook game development worlds, it seems the company is poised to buy up any fast-moving, successful studio making a blip on the radar. Their newest target, however, is one studio that’s made much more than a…
By Joey Davidson |
OMGPOP, the studio behind Draw Something, was acquired by Zynga for around $200 million in the last two weeks. During that purchase, one OMGPOP employee decided to walk away from the company in order to keep making and supporting his own, independent games. That dev is Shay…
By Joey Davidson |
Word has it that Zynga, the large company with a penchant for either buying up small developers or recreating their games under a new name, has purchased the studio behind Draw Something. Zynga has scheduled a call for 3:00pm EST with press to make the…
