Posts Tagged ‘interactive media group

The Walt Disney Company has announced it has agreed to acquire online social game developer Playdom. Under the deal, Playdom shareholders will receive a total of $563.2 million, and a performance-linked earn-out of up to $200 million. Playdom’s titles include Social City, Sorority Life, Market Street and Bolo, the company estimates it attracts 42 million [...]

Disney has officially acquired Playdom, the makers of popular social games like Social City and Sorority Life, for $563.2 million, with an additional $200 million that could be paid out based on performance. The company is one of the remaining big players in the social gaming space, competing against the likes of Zynga and its [...]

We’ll admit from the start: because the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, it remains impossible to say just how much of a fairytale ending this development represents for Tapulous.  But the key point is that Tapulous, famous for developing the Tap Tap Revenge series of games, has been bought by Disney. Assuming someone wasn’t [...]


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