Announced via its BlackBerry developer blog, RIM has acquired social gaming network Scoreloop for an undiclosed fee.
The purchase is being billed by the company as an attempt to expand the social standing of BlackBerry apps, with RIM's VP of global alliances and developer relations Tyler Lessard claiming it's a move designed to benefit developers.
In the loop
"Today we are pleased to announce that Scoreloop has joined Research In Motion," said Lessard.
"We're excited that the Scoreloop team is joining the BlackBerry developer team and bringing their expertise in creating social and collaborative gaming toolkits for mobile developers to the BlackBerry platform."
It's not clear how this will effect Scoreloop's operations on other platforms the firm's network having originally kicked off on iOS but for now, the company is set to turn its attention to BlackBerry.
"We have recently enabled our developers to create social app experiences through our BBM Social Platform and have seen some very innovative applications result from that," added Lessard.
"We look forward to working with the team at Scoreloop to provide tools that will further enable our developer community to take gaming to a new level of social integration on the BlackBerry platform."
[source: RIM]
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