Zynga Acquires Area/Code, Co-Creator Of CSI: Crime City

The acquisition of Area/Code further concentrate's Zynga's popularity as the number one maker of social games.

With three out of every ten people on the Internet expected to be playing social games by 2012, the wind’s hitting Zynga’s sails as it acquires Area/Code, co-creator of CSI: Crime City.

Assuming eMarketer‘s correct in estimating 30 percent growth of social games over the next two years, the acquisition of Area/Code further concentrate’s Zynga’s popularity among gamers. The developer’s titles currently have 282,972,532 monthly users, ranking number one in our own application statistics. And that’s without including the new buy.

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