this was about to happen for a while now. smart in going mostly web , where their force is but I expected more social games developers to join in at launch.
I do not think the 2007 buy helped them in any way (initial tech was about AAA 3D games) but hack, DoubleFusion, Massive and IGA got the big guy on the block in the game now.
I know it will help a lot of tiny game developers to get another needed buck in.