Playdom Acquires Metaplace (and Raph Koster)
Another day, another acquisition for Playdom. The company has made its seventh buy in less than a year with Metaplace, a San Diego-based company that makes Facebook games.
Metaplace brings with it something that most of Playdom’s acquisitions haven’t, though: a famed developer. Koster is known for being lead designer or creative on a number of games, including the original Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies.
On Facebook, Metaplace was a moderately successful company, with over 1.5
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