Companies merge all the time. Generally it's a cooperative joining to enjoy the perks of being a much larger entity and can give their share prices a boost. In this case I think they are both privately owned so it's probably just a way they can stay in business without competing with each other.
Now if Aqua-Illumination would just answer my support request...
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I have to go out and buy more snails for my hermit crabs.
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