Zynga’s Rollic snaps up three mobile studios

The Turkish games developer Rollic has acquired a trio of mobile game studios that have previously worked with the company.

Turkey.- Zynga’s Turkish games developer Rollic has completed three acquisitions, taking control of the mobile game studios ByteTyper, Creasaur Entertainment and ZeroSum.

All three studios have published games via Rollic in the past. ByteTyper developed Rollic’s Touchdrawn, Creasaur Entertainment made Money Maker 3D and Hit Guys, and ZeroSum created Barista Life, Long Nails 3D and Off-Road Race.

The studios will continue to develop new mobile titles in-house under Rollic. The financial terms of the deals have not been revealed.

Rollic co-founder Burak Vardal said: “These studios create visually captivating, mind-teasing titles and we are excited to bring their creativity and technical skills into the Rollic family.

“These acquisitions further our strategy of expanding our in-house network of innovative developers to support live services with ongoing creative updates, while also adding to our portfolio of inventive games.”

Zynga took on a majority stake in Rollic for €157m last year.

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