Zynga Hires Mortal Kombat Co-Creator John Tobias

In addition to acquiring game developer A Bit Lucky, Zynga said today it recently hired John Tobias, who co-created the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon. Tobias will serve as creative director at the San Diego studio. He joins Mark Turmel, formally of Midway.

Zynga said the team is working on a "mid-core game."

[Source: Zynga]