Zynga announced today that it has acquired Torchlight 3 developer Echtra Games.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2016, San Francisco-based Echtra has only released one game to date, last year’s Torchlight 3.
However, Zynga’s statement made it clear that the company’s interest was bolstered by the pedigree of developers such as Echtra founder Max Schaefer, who has worked on the first two Diablo games and all three Torchlight titles.
“Max and his team at Echtra Games are responsible for some of the most legendary game features ever created, and they are experts in the action RPG genre and cross-platform development,” said Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga.
He added, “This acquisition will be critical to the growth of our iconic licenses and brands from mobile to PCs and consoles, while helping to further expand Zynga’s total addressable market.”
For starters, Echtra will partner with fellow Zynga studio NaturalMotion on “a new yet to be announced RPG for cross-platform play.”
A Zynga representative told me GamesIndustry.biz there would be no layoffs in connection with the acquisition.
Zynga president of publishing house Bernard Kim said GamesIndustry.biz last month that the company planned to continue its line of acquisitions after having achieved success in recent years adding developers such as Gram Games, Small Giant, Peak Games and Rollic.
“We remain aggressive and curious about buying more game studios and technology companies that we think can be added to Zynga,” said Kim.