Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the San Francisco game studio started by Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer.

Yesterday Echtra Games released the “Cursed Captain” update for Torchlight III, adding a playable class, new pets, and applying several bug fixes and quality-of-life changes to the dungeon ...

“Echtra Games is delighted to be joining the Zynga family,” added Max Schaefer. “We share Zynga’s vision that cross-platform play is an essential part of the future of RPGs and interactive ...

Echtra Games has ceased work on action RPG Torchlight 3. In a statement published to the Torchlight 3 website, Echtra Games chief Max Schaefer said Echtra Games had handed Torchlight 3 back to IP ...

Zynga Inc. announced Wednesday morning that that it has acquired Echtra Games, which will help the company develop a role-playing game (RPG) that can be played across platforms. "This acquisition ...

Prolific mobile games publisher Zynga has acquired Torchlight 3 developer Echtra Games for an undisclosed sum, GamesIndustry.Biz reports.

Echtra was founded in 2016 by Max Schaefer, one of the co-founders of original Torchlight developer Runic Games and also a co-founder of Diablo studio Blizzard North.

Torchlight 3 interview: A look at Echtra's final update Torchlight 3 is setting sail with a new class, new pets, and more. Shacknews talks with Echtra Games CEO Max Schaefer to learn more.

Zygna announced this morning that they have officially acquired Echtra Games as they will be added to the umbrella of studios.

Zynga Inc. has acquired Echtra Games, a cross-platform game studio composed of team whose core members have worked on titles like Diablo, Diablo II, the Torchlight franchise and more.

Zynga buys out Torchlight 3 studio Echtra Games to bring its mobile game franchises to PC and consoles, with one RPG title already in development.

New acquisitions by Epic Games and Zynga point toward a future of play-anywhere titles, and ultimately, toward Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's vision of the Metaverse.