Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, has said that its newly-announced acquisition of Zynga will bring its games to mobile.
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Earlier today (January 10), Take-Two announced that it has acquired the mobile game company for ÂŁ9.3billion ($12.7billion). The Grand Theft Auto publisher has said that its acquisition “unifies highly complementary businesses, including Take-Twoâs best-in-class portfolio of console and PC games and Zyngaâs industry-leading mobile franchisesâ.
Following the news, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in an investor call that Zyngaâs expertise in the mobile gaming market will help with its free-to-play and cross-platform ambitions (thanks, VGC).
âPerhaps most importantly we have the ability together, from both a development and a publishing point of view, to optimise the creation of new titles based on Take-Twoâs core intellectual property,â Zelnick said.

âWe believe we have the best collection of console and PC intellectual property in the interactive entertainment business and itâs basically nearly entirely un-exploited from mobile and free-to-play around the world.
âZyngaâs best-in-class studios can help us develop that property,” he continued. “Their best-in-class free-to-play mobile publishing operations can bring that to consumers, delight those consumers and create recurrent consumer spending along the way.
âThe list is endless and itâs early days. Weâre just thrilled to have this opportunity to be able to work together and create what weâre certain will be of extraordinary value going forward.â
It’s possible that any of Take-Two’s IP’s, including Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, Civilization, and more could eventually make their way to mobile devices as a result of the Zynga acquisition.
In other news, Naoki Yoshida, the producer and director of Final Fantasy 14, recently revealed in a Radio Mog Station broadcast that the team has new details to share about the gameâs future next month.
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