Farmville maker Zynga has acquired Japanese social game developer Unoh for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2001, Unoh has created titles including Machitsuku!, Band Yarouyo! and Kaizoku Chronicle. The studio will lead Zynga’s Japanese mobile efforts, creating new games and localising others.
The acquisition follows the $150 million Zynga raised from telecommunications and media firm Softbank. The two companies recently partnered “to develop and distribute social games across Japan”, where Zynga has just opened its first studio.
“Zynga is delighted to welcome the Unoh team, one of the pioneers of Japanese social game developers, to the Zynga family," said Zynga CEO Mark Pincus. "The have a great track record of producing innovative, successful games are a complement to the top-notch team we have already begun to assemble in Japan.”
Unoh CEO Shintaro Yamada said: "We’re very excited to join Zynga to help extend its reach to Japanese consumers. We’re looking forward to being an integral part of Zynga Japan's leadership and growth, and are happy to support bringing the best social games to Japan’s cutting edge mobile and web technologies.”