Rumour: Social games giant Zynga to acquire mobile dev Astro Ape
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The Farmville and Mafia Wars Facebook behemoth looks to be in the process of snapping up mobile gaming studio Astro Ape, according to a report by Business Insider.
According to the report, employees of Astro Ape - the mobile gaming studio responsible for Dessert Heroes, Office Heroes and Vegas Strip City - have been changing their LinkedIn profiles to indicate that they are now employed by casual games overlord, Zynga.
It's the latest in an acquisition spree by Zynga, who paid $53.3 million for Words with Friends creator New Toy and, at one stage, were in the running to acquire PopCap for a cool $1 billion cash, before EA swooped in.
Thanks, GamesBeat.