Electronics Arts boosted its mobile holdings Tuesday with the acquisition of development studio Firemint. The Australian company has produced iPhone and iPad gaming hits like "Flight Control" and ...

Earlier this month, Melbourne-based development studio Firemint (Flight Control, Real Racing) announced it had acquired fellow Aussie studio Infinite Interactive (Warlords, Puzzle Quest). Firemint ...

Electronic Arts said today it has purchased Australian game developer Firemint, maker of the popular Flight Control games on the iPhone and iPad. The move is part of EA’s plan to dominate the market ...

Electronic Arts continues to chase the mobile market, today announcing an agreement to purchase Firemint, the Australia-based developer behind iOS hits like Flight Control, Real Racing and, notably, ...

Two of Australia's well-known niche video-gaming studios are set to merge their operations, with the acquisition of Infinite Interactive by fellow Melbourne development house Firemint. The pair have ...

Looks like iOS game company acquisitions are the new “Google has acquired”: in an unexpected turn of events, popular game studio Firemint (creators of award-winning iOS titles such as Flight Control ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Electronic Arts announced today it will be merging together its two Australian mobile development studios--Firemint and Iron Monkey--to form a new ...

Australia's Firemint is perhaps one of the most popular developers on the iPhone. Firemint's games, Flight Control, Real Racing and Real Racing 2, can be found in any Apple Store, and likely on most ...

Had Flight Control not made Apple's all time iPhone top sellers list released earlier this week, Firemint might not have been quite so keen to lift the lid on just how many sales of the 99c game it's ...

Will lightning strike thrice? That’s what Firemint is hoping for with their soon-to-be-released new iOS game franchise, Agent Squeak. After hitting home runs with the Flight Control and the Real ...

In some ways, watching the developing iPhone market is like reliving the similar rise of console or computer games from the ’90s. Every developer is scrambling to produce the best graphics, the best ...

EA has merged two of its mobile studios - Firemint and Iron Monkey - to form a new developer called Firemonkeys. You can see why this had to happen. EA believes the merger makes Firemonkeys the ...