MobilityWare acquires mobile game developer Critical Hit Software

Casual game publisher MobilityWare has acquired mobile game publisher Critical Hit Software, including the rights to its popular Jigsaw Puzzle and ColorArt titles.

It’s another sign of consolidation in the $36 billion mobile game business. Irvine, Calif.-based MobilityWare is acquiring the four-person company, which has had more than 20 million downloads for its Jigsaw and ColorArt games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.