January 24th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »
Rumors stated it for a long time, but finally the acquisition of InfoSpace Games US (also known as the Atlas Mobile Studio) is official. The new parents are Twistbox. The UK studio (IOMO Mobile) is still under negotiation, but that deal is also expected to follow shortly. The studio will report directly to Twistbox Games in Germany. Interesting detail is the fact that infoSpace used to have a German studio as well (Elkware) which closed around the time they lost the Cingular deal.
“This acquisition is a perfect fit for our value added mobile game strategy, and complimentary to our existing titles and on-deck distribution in over 40 countries,” stated Twistbox CEO, Ian Aaron. “By integrating Play for Prizes into our current RapidPort
any sense of the price paid?
I wish 🙁
where did the quote come from? trying to confirm this deal from another source…are you the source? there are no press releases on infospace or twistbox sites.
Mark, check this followup: http://mobilegames.blogs.com/mobile_games_blog/2007/01/twistbox_and_in.html