[TechCrunch] Zynga Confirms Softbank Investment. They’ll Confirm Google Investment Later

TechCrunch 7/28/2010

Zynga issued a press release tonight confirming the more than month-old news of an investment by Softbank – $150 million – and are announcing a joint venture to “develop and distribute social games across Japan.”

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Based in Tokyo, Zynga Japan will tap into Japan’s rich history of gaming and leverage Softbank’s cutting edge mobile and Web technology to produce the best social games in the market.