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Zynga Gets $200 Million To Develop Google Games

Zynga Gets $200 Million To Develop Google Games

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Google has invested $100-200 million in web-based games developer Zynga, to help launch Google Games, TechCrunch reports.Citing unnamed sources, TechCrunch says that the investment is a part of a month-old deal between Google and Zynga, under which, the game developer will be working with Google to develop the Google Games platform.Zynga, the developer behind popular Facebook games including Farmville, Mafia Wars and FrontierVille, has already raised around half a...



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