Disney and DeNa to collaborate on mobile social games
Disney and Japan’s DeNA have agreed to collaborate on mobile social games to be launched on a worldwide basis. The deal is part of...
Japan’s DeNA cuts mobile gaming deals with Chinese carriers that have a billion users
Japanese mobile social gaming network firm DeNA has announced it has signed deals with China’s three largest mobile carriers, enabling DeNA’s games to get...
Neil Young’s path to the multibillion-dollar mobile social game market (interview)
Neil Young sold his San Francisco startup Ngmoco to Japan’s DeNA for $403 million in the fall of 2010. And that was just the...
PlayPhone buys mobile marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5M (exclusive)
PlayPhone has acquired mobile social marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5 million in stock, VentureBeat has learned. Ron Czerny, chief executive of PlayPhone, confirmed the...
Japan’s Gree launches first U.S. mobile social game, Zombie Jombie
It’s just a cute little zombie game, but it could be the start of something big. Gree has become a billion-dollar company in Japan...
The Japan-China connection: DeNA and Sina team up in mobile gaming
Japan’s DeNA and China’s Sina have teamed up to form a big mobile gaming market. DeNA is a $1.4 billion company that operates the...
Viximo launches Social Zone platform for mobile games
Viximo, a platform for cross-platform social games, is broadening its distribution reach today with the launch of its Social Zone platform which helps make...
Gameloft Live enters the social mobile fray on Android, coming to iOS soon
Global games publisher Gameloft announced today its new gaming hub service, Gameloft Live. In a move that should surprise no one, the company has...
Japan’s DeNa moves into Chinese smartphone game market in deal with Baidu
Japan’s DeNA is bent on being a global powerhouse in social games on mobile platforms. Today, the company announced it will put its Mobage...
Japan’s DeNA teams up with NetDragon to launch mobile social games in China
Japan’s DeNA said it plans to develop mobile social games in a joint venture with NetDragon Websoft as part of a plan to enter...