DeNA announced today that DeNA’s Korean subsidiary DeNA Seoul and Popular Korean Internet portal Daum [Kr] agreed to provide Korean version of its social game platform Mobage to 38 million Daum users. The release date will be targeted in 2011 4Q for smartphone users. In Japan, DeNA has been cooperating with the nation’s largest portal… Continue reading Daum Mobage – DeNA’s Social Game Platform To Be Provided In Korea
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Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars – DeNA(Mobage) Agrees To Purchase Pro Baseball Team
DeNA just announced [J] that it had submitted an application on acquisition of pro-baseball team Yokohama Bay Stars from current owner Tokyo Broadcasting System(TBS) group to Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB). DeNA is to pay 6.5 billion yen (US$83.3 million) for 66.92% stock of the team, and will pay 3 billion yen (US$38) to NPB… Continue reading Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars – DeNA(Mobage) Agrees To Purchase Pro Baseball Team
TV Drama Kaitou Royal Starts With 4.2% Viewer Rate, Good As An Show After Midnight
Mantan-web reported [J] that the dramatized version of popular social game Kaitou Royal, on Japan’s large social game network Mobage by DeNA, got 4.2% audience rate in Kanto-area (greater Tokyo and around) by Video Research’s research at its first week episode. 4.2% at 0:20 after the midnight is not so bad. It is about 1.6… Continue reading TV Drama Kaitou Royal Starts With 4.2% Viewer Rate, Good As An Show After Midnight
Final Fantasy To Hit Mobage, Teaser Site Opens
Square Enix, who has been publishing nation’s two most popular role-playing game series, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest on several console for more than decade, has launched a teaser site telling their flagship Final Fantasy will come on Japan’s large social gaming network Mobage. The launch date is just written “This winter”. The social Final… Continue reading Final Fantasy To Hit Mobage, Teaser Site Opens
News Around Mobage Getting Bay-Stars Baseball Team
[Update 2011-10-28] Nippon Professional Baseball organization is reported [J] to unapprove the service name “Mobage” for the team name. Most other teams have company names in Japan, and DeNA was rumored to curve out its Mobage business to this rule. We have been reporting (1),(2) that DeNA, Japan’s large social game networking Mobage owner, is… Continue reading News Around Mobage Getting Bay-Stars Baseball Team
Social Game Networking Mobage Reported To Own Pro-Baseball Team In Japan
From the first time rumored, Japanese social game network giant Mobage company DeNA has been rumored to buy a Yokohama-based professional baseball team, Yokohama Bay Stars. DeNA side never commented on that. And some media reported the deal went up into air. Today Nikkei reported [J] that TBS Holdings, a TV broadcast network currently owning… Continue reading Social Game Networking Mobage Reported To Own Pro-Baseball Team In Japan
DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
DeNA, a company running a social game networking Mobage in Japan and now oversea, announced that the acquisition of Chilean game development company Atakama Labs S.A. DeNA has been adding social game development companies into its group from USA, Netherlands, Sweden, Vietnam. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DeNA to Acquire First Latin American Subsidiary, Atakama Labs Chile-based… Continue reading DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
DeNA [J] has announced that they will acquire all shares of the Vietnamese game development company Punch Entertainment (Vietnam) Company Limited. which will become a subsidiary company. Buyout is planned to be completed within the month of September. Punch Vietnam is a subsidiary of the American game developer Punch Entertainment, Inc. Their development process and… Continue reading DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
Taito Put Out Game Application for Mobage
Taito [J] is coming out with “Space Invaders Infinity Gene LITE for Mobage,” an Android game app on DeNA’s [J] Mobage [J] platform. They are also planning an iOS version for this Fall. “Space Invaders Infinity Gene LITE for Mobage” is a free app which allows users to get a taste of the evolution of… Continue reading Taito Put Out Game Application for Mobage
Mobage Moves To Tablets – Now Compatible With Tablet Devices, iOS, And Android
DeNA [J] has begun development of Mobage for tablet devices. From the middle of September, their currently running game engine “Mobage ngCore SDK” is compatible with tablet devices. Now it is possible for developers who have been creating games for feature phone and smart phone with “Mobage ngCore SED” to offer social games for all… Continue reading Mobage Moves To Tablets – Now Compatible With Tablet Devices, iOS, And Android