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\nTake-Two has now completed its eye-catching $12.7bn purchase of Zynga, the mobile and social games maker behind hits such as Farmville, CSR Racing and Words with Friends.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe deal was first announced back in January<\/a>, when it was briefly the most expensive video games acquisition of all time – until Microsoft’s proposed $68.7bn buyout of Activision Blizzard<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nTake-Two is the company behind some of video gaming’s biggest names, such as Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, BioShock and Mafia. <\/p>\n

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Take-Two has now completed its eye-catching $12.7bn purchase of Zynga, the mobile and social games maker behind hits such as Farmville, CSR Racing and Words with Friends. The deal was first announced back in January, when it was briefly the most expensive video games acquisition of all time – until Microsoft’s proposed $68.7bn buyout of Activision Blizzard. Take-Two is the company behind some of video gaming’s biggest names, such as Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, BioShock and Mafia. 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