Zynga, the creator of Draw Something and FarmVille, has been aquired by game publisher Take-Two for a whopping $12.7 billion.
Zynga has developed many free-to-play games for mobile and desktop platforms over the years, including the original Farmville, Draw Something, and Words With Friends. For better or worse, the company was one of the pioneers in the spend-real-money-in-a-game genre, and now it’s being acquired by game publisher Take-Two for what can only be described as a boatload of money. Take-Two and Zynga announced on Monday ( via Android Police) that Take-Two has agreed to acquire Zynga “in a cash and stock transaction valued at $9.861 per Zynga share, based on the market close as of January 7, 2022, with a total enterprise value of approximately $12.
