Famous Casual game manufacturers Playdom acquisition of online games company acclaim

May 20, the famous casual game manufacturers Playdom announced the acquisition of game development company acclaim. Playdom is one of the three giants that developed the game for Facebook, the biggest social networking site in the United States (the other two are Zynga and Playfish), and acclaim, a long-established gaming development company, developed a "magic years history" after the rise of the Online games industry (Chronicles of　　Spellborn), "Kowloon Hegemony (9Dragons)", "two-month (2Moons)" and other well-known free online games.　　The game industry has developed so far, as the network is becoming more social, the industry generally thinks that the game will also go to the socialization direction, the social leisure games originating from social networking sites and the online games with the public participation as the fun can be said to be destined to be more and more near, today these two companies ' mergers and acquisitions is a good interpretation. With two companies not announcing the amount of deals involved, Acclaim's former CEO Howard Marks will continue to manage the company's operations, and Playdom continues to focus on managing its newly acquired small company, the Facebook platform that is the main game development platform.　　There is no news as to whether mergers will have an impact on the current acclaim of existing games. Yet it is certain that the merger of two companies will accelerate the emergence of new games between social and online gaming.