Netmarble and Kung Fu Factory are making NBA Ball Stars.
Netmarble and Kung Fu Factory are making NBA Ball Stars.
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Netmarble and Kung Fu Factory launch NBA Ball Stars mobile puzzle game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Netmarble has launched NBA Ball Stars, a free-to-play puzzle-based mobile basketball game developed by the company’s newly purchased Kung Fu Factory studio.

The game is now available on iOS and Android. It’s fast play and franchise-building strategy is aimed at general sports fans, casual gamers and players of all levels.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.