Peak Games
Peak Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul, Turkey. The privately held company was acquired by Zynga in June 2020 for $1.8 billion. The company launched the games Toy Blast in 2015 and Toon Blast in 2017, both collectively have more than 12 million average mobile daily active users as of June 2020.
Peak Games
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- Peak Games
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Istanbul
- Activity
- video game industry
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Peak Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul, Turkey. The privately held company was acquired by Zynga in June 2020 for $1.8 billion. The company launched the games Toy Blast in 2015 and Toon Blast in 2017, both collectively have more than 12 million average mobile daily active users as of June 2020.
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• Name — Peak Games • Type — Subsidiary • Industry — Mobile games • Founded — 2010 • Founder — Sidar Şahin, Safa Sofuoğlu • Hq Location City — Istanbul • Hq Location Country — Turkey • Area Served — Worldwide • Products — Toy Blast, Toon Blast • Owner — Take-Two Interactive • Parent — Zynga • Website — https: peak.com/
History and overview
History and overview
Peak Games was founded by Sidar Şahin, Safa Sofuoğlu, Demet Mutlu, and Evren Üçok in October 2010. The company was founded as a mobile technology company that designed and developed casual puzzle games for Android and iOS platforms. In 2017, Peak Games sold its mobile card games to Zynga for a reported $100 million. The acquisition included card games Spades Plus, Gin Rummy Plus and Okey Plus. According to a Harvard Business School case study, Peak Games was Europe’s third biggest grossing online gaming company with an audience of over 350 million users worldwide as of 2018. The company was backed by venture capital with a total funding of $18 million. It was acquired by American social game developer, Zynga in a cash and share deal worth $1.8 billion in June 2020. After the acquisition, Peak Games operates independently with its 100 employees.
Games developed
Games developed
Peak Games have designed and developed notable mobile games. • Toy Blast (launched 2015) • Toon Blast (launched 2017) • Lost Bubble (launched 2013) • Lost Jewels (launched 2012) • Match Factory! (launched 2023)
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- 1.Needleman, Sarah E. Zynga to Buy Turkish Mobile-Game Studio Peak for $1.8 Billion. Wall Street Journal. 1 June 2020.
- 2.Ghosh, Shona. Gaming giant Zynga will buy Turkish developer Peak for $1.8 billion in its biggest ever acquisition. Business Insider. June 1, 2020.
- 3.Writer. Zynga Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Istanbul-based Peak, Creator of Top Charting Mobile Franchises Toon Blast and Toy Blast. investor.zynga.com.
- 4.Rooney, Ben. Peak Games Founder Wants to Change The World. Wall Street Journal. 15 October 2012.
- 5.Palmeri, Christopher. Zynga Pays $100 Million for Turkish Mobile Card Game Assets. Bloomberg. 7 November 2017.
- 6.Takahashi, Dean. Zynga pays $100 million for Peak Games' casual card game studio. VentureBeat. 7 November 2017.
- 7.Kerr, William R. Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (A). Harvard Business School. 23 January 2018.
- 8.Lunden, Ingrid. Zynga acquires Turkey's Peak Games for $1.8B, after buying its card games studio for $100M in 2017. TechCrunch. June 1, 2020.
- 9.Zynga acquires Turkey's Peak Games for $1.8bn. Financial Times. June 1, 2020.
- 10.Takahashi, Dean. Zynga pays $100 million for Peak Games' casual card game studio. VentureBeat. 7 November 2017.
- 11.Ozdemir, Ozge. Zynga's acquisition of Peak: How was the $ 1.8 billion worth of sales realized?. BBC News. June 6, 2020.
- 12.Lunden, Ingrid. Zynga acquires Turkey's Peak Games for $1.8B, after buying its card games studio for $100M in 2017. TechCrunch. June 1, 2020.
- 13.Ghosh, Shona. Gaming giant Zynga will buy Turkish developer Peak for $1.8 billion in its biggest ever acquisition. Business Insider. June 1, 2020.
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