We’re here today to talk about the current state of M&A aka mergers & acquisitions in the games industry. There’s been a lot of recent activity and there seems to be an open question now of whether the current trend can continue as Zynga seems to indicate or whether we’re likely going to see a major slowdown.  

Specifically we’ll speak to:     

- #1. What has driven the recent spate of M&A in the games industry?     

- #2. Why has Zynga historically sucked at M&A and suddenly seem like they are amazing at it more recently?     

- #3.  Who are the buyers in the market     

- #4. Whoa are the acquisition targets  including speculation on WB?     

- #5 Predictions on M&A trends short term/long term?  

And with us today to speak to all of these issues and more are:     

- #1. Saad Choudri, Chief Commercial Officer, at Miniclip: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saad-choudri-4691384/     

- #2. Jeff Cohen, Research Analyst at Stephens Inc.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-cohen-29930455/     

- #3. Michael Metzger, Partner at investment banking firm DrakeStar Partners: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmmetzger/

Originally aired on GameMakers.com YouTube channel HERE