Mobile Games Publisher Glu to Buy Superscape for $36M

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2008 - 8:26am.

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile game developer and publisher Glu Mobile (NASD: GLUU) announced on Wednesday that it will acquire mobile game publisher Superscape Group, for about $36 million. Founded in 1993, San Clemente, Calif.-based Superscape, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, was ranked among the top five mobile game publishers in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2007, according to Nielsen Mobile.

The company has created games based on licenses from partners including 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Mobile.

San Mateo, Calif.-based Glu said the deal will considerably expand its U.S. presence and add significant development and publishing capabilities to its business.