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Zynga's rebound CEO, Minions change hands, and Five Nights at Freddy's movie in the works

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Zynga's rebound CEO, Minions change hands, and Five Nights at Freddy's movie in the works
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It's been a diverse week for industry news, with everything from Don Mattrick's immediate departure from Zynga to EA's acquisition of the Despicable Me licence filling our pages.

Also on the site, we considered Apple's choice to feature an IAP pack for a 3-year-old game ahead of a trio of high-profile current releases, and began the uneviable task of cataloguing confirmed Apple Watch games as we trundle toward the hardware's launch.

Oh, and there was the small matter of a one-man indie game being picked up by Warner Bros. for a big-screen adaptation.

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Matt Suckley
Matt Suckley
Achingly contrarian. Proud owner of an N-Gage and a PSP Go. Matt spends most of his time writing about indie games of which you've never heard. Like that one, yes. Matt is an English student, and largely terrible at games. Go figure.