Įlectronic Arts announced in February 2021 that it plans to acquire Glu in a deal estimated at US$2.4 billion.
The majority stake of Glu shares are held by institutions: at the start of the third quarter of 2012, institutional ownership was 78% of the outstanding shares according to Google Finance. On January 20, 2021, QuizUp was removed from appstores, and on January 21, 2021, it was announced that QuizUp will be discontinued on March 22, 2021. On December 22, 2016, it was announced that Glu Mobile had acquired the trivia game QuizUp for US$7.5 million. In April 2015, Chinese company Tencent paid $126 million for a 15% stake in Glu Mobile. The official statement from Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi read "We are pleased to officially add PlayFirst to the Glu family and look forward to delivering new DASH products to a worldwide audience." On September 3, 2014, PlayFirst was acquired by Glu. Glu shut down the rest of Gamespy effective on May 31, 2014. Glu also shut down online multiplayer servers for several titles on the Nintendo DS and Wii, such as Mario Kart DS, Super Smash Bros. GameSpy Technologies remained operational and did not make any announcements of an impending shutdown the two GameSpy companies were separate entities and only related by name.
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Glu Mobile bought Gamespy Technologies (the entity responsible for GameSpy multiplayer services) from IGN Entertainment in August 2012, and proceeded in December to raise integration costs and shut down servers for many older games, including the Star Wars: Battlefront series, Sniper Elite, Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Neverwinter Nights, with no warning to developers or consumers. In April 2012, Glu acquired the entire Deer Hunter franchise. Its staff of 200 "approximately double" Glu's internal development capacity. On August 2, 2011, Glu acquired Griptonite Games. Since his arrival, Glu has transitioned to a freemium business model focused around Glu's original IP. De Masi was previously CEO at Hands-On Mobile. In January 2010, Niccolo de Masi joined Glu Mobile as the President and CEO. In March 2008, Glu acquired San Clemente-based mobile developer Superscape. In September 2007, Glu announced the launch of Asteroids for mobile phones.
In 2006, Glu Mobile acquired iFone and in 2007 it acquired Chinese mobile game producer Beijing Zhangzhong MIG Information Technology Co. That same year, Greg Ballard replaced Sorrent founder Scott Orr as CEO. In June 2005 the merged company created a new corporate name: Glu Mobile. In December 2004, San Mateo, the California-based Sorrent merged with the London-based Macrospace. It was previously listed on Nasdaq before it was acquired by Electronic Arts in April 2021.
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Founded in San Francisco, California, in 2004, Glu offers products to multiple platforms including Java ME-based devices, Android, Windows Phone, Google Chrome, and Amazon. Glu Mobile LLC is an American developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones and tablet computers.
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