Mobile developer Social Point acquired by Take-Two for $250 million

Take-Two just acquired mobile developer Social Point.

With this acquisition, Take-Two steps deep into the smartphone gaming market. Spanish developer Social Point has been acquired for 250 million dollars including 175 million in cash and the rest in shares. Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick had the following to say:

“With the acquisition of Social Point, Take-Two has further diversified its business, expanded its portfolio of owned intellectual property, and significantly enhanced its position in the fast-growing free-to-play mobile gaming space. The experienced team at Social Point shares our commitment to delighting consumers with high-quality entertainment, and we believe that Social Point’s deeply-engaging mobile offerings will be a perfect complement to our business. Social Point is one of the few mobile game developers that has a proven track record of growing revenues and delivering multiple hits, and we expect this growth to continue given the company’s exciting development pipeline. We are fortunate to have acquired Social Point in a transaction that is expected to be immediately accretive to net cash provided by operating activities, and to be accretive to net income per share, excluding transaction costs and amortization of intangible assets, in fiscal 2018.”

Thanks, gamesindustry.biz