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Electronic Arts has acquired<\/a> developer and publisher Glu Mobile, responsible for a bevy of mobile games including Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Design Home, <\/em>and MLB Tap Sports Baseball<\/em>, “to create a mobile games leader… across many fast-growing genres.”<\/p>

Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA, said that “mobile continues to grow as the biggest gaming platform in the world” and the purchase meant “doubling the size of [EA’s] mobile business.” EA said it has 100 million monthly active players on the mobile platform.<\/p>

Mobile-focused companies have been the subject of major acquisitions over the year. Supercell (Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars<\/em>) and King (Candy Crush<\/em>) were the targets of multi-billion dollar transactions by Tencent<\/a> and Activision Blizzard<\/a>, respectively. King is even drawing on Activision’s IPs, developing Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!<\/em> under an exclusive license.<\/p>

EA and Glu will combine for an impressive portfolio of IPs across multiple genres. While EA and its exclusivity deal with mega-franchise Star Wars<\/em> is set to end<\/a>, the video games company maintains a near-stranglehold on sports simulations with the popular FIFA <\/em>and Madden<\/em> franchises and has an impressive slate of popular Star Wars<\/em> games across mobile, consoles, and PC. Meanwhile, Glu’s expertise with the freemium model has seen it churn out repeated mobile hits, regardless of whether they’re tied to a controversial celebrity’s name.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"