Acquisition season never stops in the world of video games and Take Two Interactive wants to get in on the action. What does the game publisher's announced $12.7B acquisition of mobile publisher Zynga mean for the company and its shareholders? For everyone else?

There's a lot to discuss.

We go from Farmville to Northville...in Virtual Legality.

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Discussed in this episode:

"Take-Two and Zynga to Combine, Bringing Together Best-in-Class Intellectual Properties and a Market-Leading, Diversified Mobile Publishing Platform, to Enhance Positioning as a Global Leader in Interactive Entertainment"

Press Release - January 10, 2022

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220110005389/en/Take-Two-and-Zynga-to-Combine-Bringing-Together-Best-in-Class-Intellectual-Properties-and-a-Market-Leading-Diversified-Mobile-Publishing-Platform-to-Enhance-Positioning-as-a-Global-Leader-in-Interactive-Entertainment

"Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. to Change Name of Operational Metric from “Net Sales” to “Net Bookings”"

Press Release - November 1, 2017

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171101005036/en/Take-Two-Interactive-Software-Inc.-to-Change-Name-of-Operational-Metric-from-%E2%80%9CNet-Sales%E2%80%9D-to-%E2%80%9CNet-Bookings%E2%80%9D

"T2's acquisition of #Zynga has generated an immediate downturn in T2's stock price."

Twitter Thread - Game Over Thirty

https://twitter.com/GameOverThirty/status/1480561213830537228

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