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1. Posting record sales thanks to Empires & Puzzles, Zynga pays $122 million earnout to Small Giants
Zynga has announced its Q1 2020 financials, for the three months ending 31 March 2020.
Despite Covid-19, and all Zynga staff now working-from-home, the company saw GAAP revenues of $404 million, up 52 per cent year-on-year.
2. Playrix's Gardenscapes dethroned Candy Crush Saga for monthly global consumer spend in April 2020
King's Candy Crush Saga has been dethroned for the first time since November 2012 as the highest monthly global consumer spend in a mobile game by Playrix's Gardenscapes.
We speak to Star Wars: Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta about his new Animal Crossing: New Horizons late-night talk show, Animal Talking.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has claimed that people may turn to free mobile games in an uncertain economy. He explained that due to the higher levels of unemployment, free games would become more popular, primarily through mobile devices.
5. East Side Games teams up with Sony for The Goldbergs mobile game
East Side Games has teamed up with Sony Pictures Studios for a new mobile title based on ABC's The Goldbergs, titled The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s.
