Spanish cloud gaming company Playgiga purchased by Facebook
Facebook recently made public its acquisition of Playgiga, a Spanish company that offers cloud gaming services for the regions of Italy, Argentina, Chile and Spain. The acquisition was made for 70 million EUR, and is another step in Facebook's efforts to compete with rival cloud gaming services offered by Google, with Stadia, and Sony, with its Playstation Now service.
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