Twinfinite writes, "Zynga founder Mark Pincus has decided to take a step back from the day-to-day operations of the social gaming giant. This move was apparently a long time coming, as he and CEO Don Mattrick had been working through a period of transition over the past 10 months."
The acquisition of Zynga by Take-Two Interactive might become the video game industry's version of the AOL Time Warner merger.
I have to give props for the use of Electric Boogaloo reference. I don't think many young folk will even know what that is.
On topic... wasn't that where Don Mattrick went after leaving XB?
Mobile publisher and developer Zynga, with the hiring of Matt Wolf as VP, seeks to reaffirm its intentions to enter blockchain gaming.
After a year in soft-launch, Zynga's nostalgia-evoking title FarmVille 3 is geared for a global release with the launch of a sneak peek video
Add Zynga to the list of companies Pincus founded, failed and was kicked out of.
Truly Pincus is a story of American success how he has started multiple companies, got rich by copying the competition, screwing the customer over and then get kicked out by the board/stock holders.
And good 'ol Mattrick bringing in his MS buddies to grab some stock and a paycheck and then bounce out in 6 months or a year.
What a criminally ran mafia like company Zynga is.