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Linden Lab Acquires Blocksworld

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Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life, Creatorverse, Patterns, and other shared creative spaces, has acquired the iPad game Blocksworld. Linden Lab will offer the game globally and will release it for new platforms, as the Blocksworld team joins the company.

Rod Humble (CEO, Linden Lab): It’s a very user-friendly complement to our portfolio of shared creative spaces.

Blocksworld is an iPad game in which players use cubes, wedges, rockets, wheels, motors and more to create 3D models of anything they can imagine – from race cars to animals to robots and more.

 

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