Houghton Mifflin Harcourt buys firm that develops digital games for pre-schoolers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston company with a venerable textbook heritage, said it has increased its in-house game development skills by acquired Tribal Nova, a Montréal-based educational technology company focused on developing digital games, products, and services for pre-school children.

Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Tribal Nova operates online learning services for young children in partnership with major media partners in North America including PBS “Kids Play!”