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Zynga acquires Diablo co-creator’s Echtra Games in expansion to PC and consoles

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the game studio that Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer started, as part of its expansion into cross-platform games that include PC and console.

The terms of the deal were not announced, as the value is smaller than previous Zynga acquisitions. But it continues the company’s strategy of growing through deals. In this case, it is taking a step further with a push into PC and console, as revealed when the company announced its Star Wars: Hunters on February 17.

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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.