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...In 2010, Disney settled a case in which Zynga alleged its games were being “cloned” by Playdom, which had been bought by Disney....
...Facebook’s ranking of the most popular games on the social network revealed that larger developers such as Walt Disney’s Playdom, Zynga and Electronic Arts are stretching their lead over smaller start-ups...
...Electronic Arts bought Playfish in 2009, and Disney acquired Playdom last year. Zynga, the largest social gaming company, is preparing to go public....
...Mr Schappert himself was brought into EA in 2009 to replace an executive leaving for a social gaming company – John Pleasants, who went to Playdom....
...The complaint cited internal Playdom emails that it said proved Playdom could not compete lawfully against Zynga....
...Losses widened from $55m to $115m, reflecting a $34m charge related to the acquisition of Playdom, the social games developer bought by Disney last year....
...For example, when social gaming start-up Playdom was sold to Disney for up to $563m, NextUp revised upwards its valuation of Zynga, the largest social gaming company, which is still private....
...The high price Disney paid for Playdom “is a reflection of the vibrant growth in the social gaming sector”, said Mr Valdes....
...The company has tried to stay abreast of rapidly changing trends in online behaviour and recently agreed a deal to buy Playdom, which makes games for Facebook....
...Disney Interactive paid $563m for two-year-old social gaming company Playdom in July and will pay $200m more if it hits stipulated growth targets....
...The near doubling of sales in two years attests to the swift growth in social games from companies such as Zynga, Playdom and Playfish....
...Disney has recently acquired social gaming company, Playdom for up to $763m (including earnouts), indicating just how hot the social gaming space has become....
...Disney recently acquired Playdom, which makes games for online social networks. Mr Iger said Playdom would eventually develop games featuring Disney characters....
...Disney Interactive paid $563m for Playdom, a two-year-old social gaming company, in July, while Electronic Arts paid $300m for Playfish last November....
...Playdom itself was bought Disney for $763m on Tuesday, PeHub observes....
...Disney has recently taken steps to increase its presence in social gaming with the acquisition of Playdom, which makes online games that can be played via Facebook....
...Walt Disney recently bought Playdom, a developer of social games for Facebook, in a deal that could be worth as much as $760m if certain targets are met....
...But coming just a day after rival social game maker Playdom got snapped up by Disney, and months after rival Playfish was bought by Electronic Arts, it looks like Zynga is also looking to extend its runway...
...Playdom has bought at least five companies since August, including Three Melons, a 50-person studio based in Buenos Aires, and Merscom, a small company from North Carolina....
...Last month, Disney paid up to $763.2m for Playdom, including earn-outs, in the same week it sold Miramax, the Pulp Fiction studio, for $660m....
...This week, Disney also agreed to buy Playdom, among the big three companies that makes games for internet social networks such as Facebook, for up to an estimated $763m....
...And earlier this year, Playdom, another social-games company, was acquired by Disney for up to $735m....
...The round comes on the heels of Electronic Arts’ acquisition of Playfish, which is Zynga’s nearest competitor, and a funding round for Playdom, the third largest social gaming company....
...He left his post as chief operating officer at Electronic Arts to become chief executive of Playdom....
...His destination is the chief executive role at Playdom, the leading social game developer on MySpace....
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