#118 - Guest host Jenny Tai, DoP at Jam City, helps cover the Zynga-Peak Games acquisition and more

Update: 2020-06-07

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Director of Product at Jam City Jenny Tai is here to co-host.
Zynga acquires Peak Games.
Playtika plans a $10 billion IPO.
Playrix acquires a PC game studio.

Music by Proviant Audio:
http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Guest-host Jenny Tai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennywtai/

Show Notes:
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/01/zynga-acquires-turkeys-peak-games-for-1-8b-after-buying-its-card-games-studio-for-100m-in-2017/#:~:text=Social%20gaming%20company%20Zynga%20confirmed,%24900%20million%20in%20Zynga%20shares.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/peak-games#section-funding-rounds
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-playtika-plans-wall-street-ipo-at-10b-valuation-report-1001331200
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/playtika#section-funding-rounds
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-04-playrix-acquires-croatian-pc-developer-cateia-games
https://www.cateia.com/games/games.php

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#118 - Guest host Jenny Tai, DoP at Jam City, helps cover the Zynga-Peak Games acquisition and more