Disney has acquired social gaming startup Playdom, confirming our story from last week. The price – $563.2 million plus an earn-out of up to $200 million. Playdom’s last round of financing ...

Disney and social gaming startup Playdom are in “very” late stage acquisition discussions, we’ve heard from, oh, about seven independent sources, including sources close to Playdom ...

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah. It’s a wonderful day for start-up Playdom. The two-and-a-half-year-old company has been acquired by Walt Disney for $563.2 million, making it the richest deal ever in the ...

See About archive blog posts. Rival social video game makers Zynga and Playdom have settled a contentious, yearlong lawsuit over the alleged theft of trade secrets. In September 2009, Zynga ...

The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to acquire social gaming firm Playdom Inc. for $563.2 million, plus potential added performance-dependent earn-outs of up to $200 million, and further ...

LOS ANGELES The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday became Hollywood’s leader in the booming social game business by acquiring Playdom in a deal worth as much as $763.2 million. Playdom is one of ...

Playdom is one of the red hot companies in social games, having announced a $43 million funding round this week.But its success has been mostly in making games on MySpace. Now it is announcing two ...

By Paul Bond Disney’s social gaming acquisition Playdom has agreed to pay $3 million to settle claims that it had collected and disclosed personal information about children, the Federal Trade ...

See About archive blog posts. It’s official: The Walt Disney Co. Tuesday announced that it has agreed to acquire Playdom Inc. for $563.2 million, concluding days of speculation that it was in ...

Unless they actually played the game, that is. Back in March of 2011, Playdom launched Deep Realms on Facebook. The game's name was quite fitting, as this complex experience was a lot to get used to.

Social game developer Playdom wants to tap potential market of core gamers using a popular comic franchise and familiar game play, says executive, who also believes that the industry will follow ...

Walt Disney Co.'s $563 million deal to acquire two-year-old Playdom Inc.was the latest big exit in the hot social-gaming space, which is still relatively new considering Facebook launched its ...