{"id":96264,"date":"2022-10-13T21:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/take-two-is-shutting-down-playdots-the-developer-of-the-puzzle-game-two-dots\/"},"modified":"2022-10-13T21:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:46:58","slug":"take-two-is-shutting-down-playdots-the-developer-of-the-puzzle-game-two-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/take-two-is-shutting-down-playdots-the-developer-of-the-puzzle-game-two-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two is shutting down Playdots, the developer of the puzzle game Two Dots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Take-Two confirmed the decision to shut down the studio in a statement to The Verge<\/em>. Affected employees will be able to apply for other jobs at Zynga, which was recently acquired by Take-Two, and people who don’t find new roles will be eligible for severance, according to spokesperson Alan Lewis. Take-Two will continue to operate Two Dots<\/em> through one of its Zynga studios, but the future of other Playdots games like Garden Tails <\/em>is unclear, and Lewis declined to elaborate further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Take-Two acquired Playdots in 2020 in a cash and stock deal worth $192 million. In a press release, Take-Two touted how Playdots would strengthen its mobile portfolio, but that was before the company’s blockbuster deal for Zynga, which it completed in May. With Zynga, Take-Two wants to make lucrative free-to-play mobile titles using its roster of well-known franchises like Grand Theft Auto<\/em>, NBA 2K<\/em>and Civilization<\/em>but Playdots won’t be part of that long-term mobile strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take-Two confirmed the decision to shut down the studio in a statement to The Verge. Affected employees will be able to apply for other jobs at Zynga, which was recently acquired by Take-Two, and people who don’t find new roles will be eligible for severance, according to spokesperson Alan Lewis. Take-Two will continue to operate …<\/p>\n

Take-Two is shutting down Playdots, the developer of the puzzle game Two Dots<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97670,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/take-two-is-shutting-down-the-developer-behind-the-mobile-hit-two-dots\/","url_meta":{"origin":96264,"position":0},"title":"Take-Two is shutting down the developer behind the mobile hit ‘Two Dots’","date":"October 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rockstar, Zynga and 2K owner Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Playdots, the New York-based studio behind the popular mobile game Two Dots, Bloomberg has reported. Sixty-five employees will lose their jobs, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. The company confirmed that the puzzle game \"will continue at another Zynga studio and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39827,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvels-midnight-suns-delayed-with-ps4-xb1-and-switch-now-tba\/","url_meta":{"origin":96264,"position":1},"title":"Marvel’s Midnight Suns delayed, with PS4, XB1, and Switch now \u201cTBA\u201d","date":"August 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Last fall during Gamescom, Take-Two studio Firaxis Games announced a new turn-based tactical RPG from the XCOM team called Marvel's Midnight Suns. Taking place on the \u201cdarker side of the Marvel Universe,\u201d and pitting well-known heroes like Iron Man, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Blade, Captain America, and Captain Marvel against Lilith,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59891,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sonys-new-playstation-studios-mobile-team-is-making-spinoff-games-for-your-phone\/","url_meta":{"origin":96264,"position":2},"title":"Sony’s new PlayStation Studios Mobile team is making spinoff games for your phone","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of Sony's push into mobile gaming, the company has formed a PlayStation Studios Mobile Division that will operate separately from console game development. According to a press release, the new team will create mobile games with \u201cnew and existing PlayStation IP.\u201d Sony's move to form a mobile gaming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/BlvO8AS94rysgYJvRBQz0GYBuEI=\/0x0:1920x1080\/1200x628\/filters:focal(960x540:961x541)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24106801\/NePFb3vCPDJxRZi_9ib795dqSJz_3gJB.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}