For $527 Million, Zynga Buys an Entirely New Game-Making Strategy
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Zynga is in trouble. Riding the Facebook wave at the turn of the decade, the Silicon Valley gaming outfit was all the rage, but things are so very different today. On Thursday, it laid off 15 percent of its staff. But at the same time, in an effort to save its bacon, the company made a big bet on the future.
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