RIM acquires Scoreloop

Research In Motion

Research In Motion today announced that it had acquired Scoreloop, a company that offers an SDK that lets developers add social and collaborative features to their games. According to their CEO, Dr. Marc Gumpinger,

As part of RIM, we’ll be in the unique position to integrate deeply into BlackBerry platforms to take mobile gaming to the next level. We’ll continue our cross platform approach, but you’ll see that our BlackBerry solution will be unparalleled.

It remains to be seen how Scoreloop’s products will work and integrate with the recently announced BBM Social Platform.

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