Electronic Arts has officially acquired KlickNation. The social games firm will be renamed BioWare Social, the team will create role-playing games for Facebook under the guidance of Mark Otero.
“KlickNation’s expertise in building innovative and compelling RPGs for social platforms makes them a seamless tuck-in with the BioWare team at EA,” said Ray Muzyka, senior vice president of EA’s BioWare label. “We share the same creative values. The new BioWare Social unit will bring BioWare and EA franchises to the growing audience of core gamers who are looking for high quality, rich gameplay experiences on social platforms.”
“While developing social RPG experiences, we held BioWare as a role model for storytelling and game design,” added former KlickNation CEO Otero, now GM of BioWare Social. “Joining with BioWare and EA is an opportunity to realize our vision for bringing high-quality RPG titles to the fast-growing, highly-engaged core gamers looking for deeper experiences on social platforms.”
