Waterloo, Ontario – Google (NASD: GOOG) has acquired SocialDeck, a
developer of social games for mobile devices, according to a note on the
company’s website.
"We’re super excited to announce that someone found our
social games as fun as you have — in this case, that ‘someone’ is
Google," reads the note.
"SocialDeck has been acquired and we’ve
joined the Google team."
Founded in 2008, Waterloo, Canada-based
SocialDeck has so far launched several title for iPhone, Facebook and
BlackBerry.
The company raised a first round of financing last year led by
BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Google also recently also acquired social
applications and games developer Slide, and virtual currency firm Jambool.
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