The people that brought us The Maw, 'Splosion Man, and fun times, was purchased by Microsoft.

"Twisted Pixel has an incredible track record of delivering innovative, critically acclaimed, and most importantly, fun, games," said MS' Phil Spencer."Microsoft Studios is home to cutting-edge entertainment experiences, and the incredible creativity of the Twisted Pixel team will help drive further innovation around Kinect and Xbox Live."

Twisted Pixel co-found Michael Wilford called the move "exciting" and named Microsoft the "leader in digital distribution and creating new innovations in gaming like Xbox Live and Kinect."

With Twisted Pixel producing most of its games for Xbox Live, this is a fairly natural move. However, look what happened to RARE.