Zynga has acquired Toronto, Canada-based developer Five Mobile for an undisclosed sum.
“Zynga is crossing the border,” the social gaming firm said in a blog post announcing the deal, which includes “certain assets and intellectual property” created by Five Mobile.
The acquisition is Zynga’s 15th in just 13 months.
Five Mobile founders Ameet Shah, Jeff Zakrzewski, Oliver Tabay and Troy Hubman will all remain on board, with Shah heading up the studio.
Sony has said it’s working on PlayStation Plus problems blocking full members from accessing content on the digital service.
Currently, the Welcome Back offer introduced following the recent PSN security breach is not expiring, leaving those that have purchased a PS Plus membership unable to access all of the service’s content.
At EA's Summer Showcase event, the publisher announced that its internal studio Playfish would be bringing Stainless Games' XBLA, PSN and Steam title Risk: Factions to Facebook in the near future.
In addition, the developer will also create IOS versions of its Facebook social titles Pet Society and Restaurant City.
The Facebook version of Factions will introduce faction-specific weapons to better differentiate armies with a greater emphasis on competitive multiplayer.
FIFA 11 remains the highest-selling game in the Nordic all formats chart, which collates data from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
LA Noire has taken a two-place tumble to number four, allowing Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean and The Sims 3 to inch up the chart into positions two and three respectively.
The only new entry to the top ten this week is the lycra-clad Pro Cycling Manager 2011: Tour De France, which charts at number seven.
FIFA 11 remains the highest-selling game in the Nordic all formats chart, which collates data from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
LA Noire has taken a two-place tumble to number four, allowing Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean and The Sims 3 to inch up the chart into positions two and three respectively.
The only new entry to the top ten this week is the lycra-clad Pro Cycling Manager 2011: Tour De France, which charts at number seven.
The Gran Turismo developer is opening a new studio in Fukuoka amid widespread nervousness in the wake of the earthquake that struck Japan in March and the nuclear contamination threat that followed.
50 production staff of Polyphony Digital's total of 150 will move to the city, which lies over 500 miles southwest from Tokyo in the very far west of the country. It follows a reported study into possible new locations the developer made after the earthquake.
Organisers of Nottingham's annual GameCity festival have announced the first details of this year's line-up, with Another World creator Eric Chahi kicking the event off and curating the entire first day.
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Mad Catz has announced that it has entered into a publishing agreement with Microsoft that will see it release games for Xbox 360.
In an interview, global PR and communications manager Alex Verrey told us the move was merely the latest step in the firm's continued expansion which has already seen it open an internal development studio and an office in Japan.
After wrapping your fingers around his throat, you smash his face into a burning hot-plate and hold it firmly against the bright red steel while his skin chars and blisters. His screams hint that he’s about to give in and rat on his friends. In Splinter Cell: Conviction, torture is a gameplay mechanic. Put a new disc in. Now you’re Ezio Auditore Da Firenze jamming knives into the throats of your family’s enemies – a particularly terrifying and gruesome way to be murdered, if it’s possible to rank such things.