Firemint, which is the iPhone developer behind such popular games as Flight Control and Real Racing, announced that it has acquired Infinite Interactive, developer of the Puzzle Quest and Warlords series of games. Both companies are from Melbourne, Australia.
Infinite Interactive was founded in 1989 by Steve Fawkner, who will take on a product management position at Firemint, and will continue to work with his current team on a game already under development.
Financial terms of the deal were not unveiled. We do have words of both Steve Fawkner and Firemint’s founder Rob Murray:
Murray said: “I’m incredibly pleased to welcome Steve and his team to Firemint. Steve is an outstanding game designer and our two studios evolved very similar philosophies of developing addictive, fun and polished original games. By bringing our studios’ talents together, we will be able to create even more awesome games – and more of them.”
Fawkner on its end commented: “Firemint has had huge success designing, developing and publishing great original games. By joining forces, we now have a way to further develop some of the exciting new concepts we’ve been working on. This new position really frees me up to focus on game design and I can’t wait to get stuck into it!”
[Via: TUAW]