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Disney will acquire social games giant Playdom for a fee that could rise to $763.2 million. The deal, which was rumoured last week, involves an initial payment of $563.2 million, with a further $200 million dependent on performance. The news comes weeks after Disney swooped for iPhone music game pioneer …

The Mickey Mouse empire splurges on Playdom

There’s a new UK No.1 in video games: Toy Story 3 has taken the top spot this week. Woody, Buzz and Jessie’s adventure rises from last week’s No.5 to topple Microsoft’s Crackdown 2 – the 360 exclusive has in fact failen all the way to 10th place. Disney’s another new …

Disney is planning a big-money move into the social games space, according to TechCrunch. The investment and technology site reckons that Disney plans to spend big on the firm, with VentureBeat claiming that up to $600m could be used for acquiring Playdom, one of the major Facebook and social games …

Report says media giant will follow up on Tapulous swoop to buy social games firm

Keynote discussion from the Deus Ex creator

Disney has confirmed last night’s report that it has acquired Tap Tap Revenge developer Tapulous. And the media giant says one of the key reasons it bought the iPhone games firm is due to its innovative magnetisation model. Tap Tap Revenge is available as a mix of free and premium …

Tap Tap Revenge studio joins media giant to boost its microtransaction and mobile interests

Disney isn’t just interested in acquiring giants like Marvel, it’s interested in smaller independents – and according to a new report tonight the firm has bought Tap Tap Revenge developer Tapulous. The creator of an iPhone/iPad game that has spawned two sequels, a lucrative in-game music store and a number …

Media giant makes purported swoop for fast-growing iPhone music game developer