Electronic Arts (EA) has acquired Firemint, a privately held mobile development studio based in Melbourne, Australia.
Firemint is the 60-people strong company behind games like Flight Control (see video below) and Real Racing.
EA says the deal is not material to the company, overall. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close within four weeks, were not disclosed.
Firemint was founded in 1999 (as “ndWare”) by CEO Robert Murray, and will now become part of EA Interactive (EAi), a division of Electronic Arts focused on digital business that includes EA Mobile, Pogo and social gaming outfits like Playfish.
The deal follows in the footsteps of EA’s purchase of Mobile Post Production, a specialist in cross-platform development and porting of games for smartphones.
EA also recently bought Angry Birds publisher Chillingo for $20 million in cash.