PopCap Games Acquires Gastronaut Studios

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2009 - 8:19am.

Seattle - PopCap Games, a developer and publisher of casual games, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Gastronaut Studios, a developer of titles for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console and Xbox Live online game service.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

PopCap will retain exclusive license to Gastronaut's tools and technologies, while Gastronaut's founders will retain exclusive rights to their original game properties, including "Small Arms" and "Gel."

The former title is one of the top-selling games on Xbox Live Arcade.

Seattle-based PopCap's games, which include its flagship title "Bejeweled," have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide.

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