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ASC 805 Valuation Update: Social Gaming

The Social Gaming has been one of the most active sectors for M&A transactions in the global technology industry.

With the promise of significant growth and almost immediate profitability,social game developers provide for attractive acquisition targets in buy vs. build strategy.  Please download our summary by clicking on the image below.

While M&A activity is robust, little public information is available about the values of individual intangibles acquired.  Most deals are relatively small or completed by private players, thus limiting the amount of accessible information.  This update presents both public and our proprietary ASC 805 valuation data.

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