Zynga acquires mobile studio Astro Ape - report

Farmville creator Zynga appears to have made its 16th acquisition in just 14 months, with reports suggesting the social gaming giant has snapped up New York-based mobile studio Astro Ape. While the deal has yet to be officially announced, US site Business Insider (via Mobile Entertainment) spotted that members of Astro Ape’s executive team have changed their places of employment to Zynga NY on professional network LinkedIn. Astro Ape CEO Chieh Huang is listed as director of the new office as of August 2011, while Astro Ape co-founder William Fong is listed as director of engineering at Zynga NY. Astro Ape was behind popular mobile titles Office Heroes and Monsterz Revenge.

Source: Mobile Entertainment