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EA Buys Mobile Developer IronMonkey Studios
EA is betting big on the mobile and social gaming space, as evidenced by its $400 million acquisition of PlayFish in 2009. Today, the Australian gaming industry site Tsumea reports that EA has purchased the Melbourne based mobile developer IronMonkey Studios. The terms of the deal are unknown.
IronMonkey is known as one of the most reliable mobile developers in the industry, having worked with EA on adaptations of some of its biggest franchises like The Sims 2, Fight Night, and Need for Speed. IronMonkey also developed Kung Fu Panda and SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Mobile Recon for mobile platforms.
It appears that EA thinks that mobile is the future. What do you think? Do you enjoy playing mobile games?
Via Tsumea
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