Zynga acquires Astro Ape

Zynga has made another acquisition of a mobile social games developer: New York firm Astro Ape.

The deal has not been officially announced, but US site Business Insider hasspottedthat Astro Ape’s executive team have changed their LinkedIn profiles to reflect new employment at ‘Zynga NY’.

Astro Ape CEO Chieh Huang is listed as the new office’s director, starting in August 2011, while Astro Ape co-founder William Fong is now listed as director of engineering at Zynga NY.

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