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May 23, 2013 06:30 pm GMT
Another day, another acquisition by Yahoo.Yahoo said this morning it's acquired PlayerScale, a California-based startup that makes software infrastructure for cross-platform gaming. Financial details haven't been disclosed, and it's not clear yet how many staff are involved and will be joining Yahoo. PlayerScale, which was self-funded and cash-flow positive as of this past January, was founded in 2011. According to a VentureBeat article also from January, the company had a staff of 14.The four-year-old PlayerScale says its platform now has more than 150 million players, which marks significant growth from just this past January when our own Anthony Ha reported the platform had crossed the 100 million user line. For now this does not look like a straight acqui-hire situation, as both Yahoo and PlayScale say the gaming platform will remain active post-acquisition and continue to be developed.
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Yahoo Acquires Gaming Infrastructure Startup PlayerScale
Another day, another acquisition by Yahoo.Yahoo said this morning it's acquired PlayerScale, a California-based startup that makes software infrastructure for cross-platform gaming. Financial details haven't been disclosed, and it's not clear yet how many staff are involved and will be joining Yahoo. PlayerScale, which was self-funded and cash-flow positive as of this past January, was founded in 2011. According to a VentureBeat article also from January, the company had a staff of 14.The four-year-old PlayerScale says its platform now has more than 150 million players, which marks significant growth from just this past January when our own Anthony Ha reported the platform had crossed the 100 million user line. For now this does not look like a straight acqui-hire situation, as both Yahoo and PlayScale say the gaming platform will remain active post-acquisition and continue to be developed.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/d6gwmHSxKpM/
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