Today took place the official presentation of the new social games company BDNA, a joint venture between Bandai Namco (75%) and DeNA (25%). As they announced in the previous report, the capital of the company will be 100M yen (1.3M$), starting operations next October 1st. Shin Unozawa, COO & Vice President of Bandai Namco Holdings, will be… Continue reading [TGS2011] BDNA Officially Presented
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Mobage And GuruNavi Make Wireless-Touch On Restaurants Into Social Game Items
DeNA and GuruNavi have begun their collaboration plan “GuruNavi NEW Touch Local Recipe ♪,” which links the social game “Bistro World” for Social networking service Mobage [J] with the gourmet information site “GuruNavi.” [J] “Bistro World” is a restaurant management social game where users learn menus from countries around the world and serve meals to… Continue reading Mobage And GuruNavi Make Wireless-Touch On Restaurants Into Social Game Items
DeNA Implements “Kaitou Royal” Campaign At Bic Camera
DeNA [J] in cooperation with a big electronics chain store Bic Camera [J] is implementing their planned campaign for “Kaitou Royal,” a popular social game for “Mobage,” [J] managed by DeNA. The campaign period is for about one month from September 1st (Thursday) to October 2nd (Sunday), and during this period, at all Bic Camera… Continue reading DeNA Implements “Kaitou Royal” Campaign At Bic Camera
Mobage Pre-installed On KDDI’s Android “REGZA Phone IS11T”
DeNA [J] has announced that they will offer pre-install smart phone version “Mobage” applications for Fujutsu Corporation’s Android equipped KDDI smartphone “REGZA Phone IS11T,” which is released for sale on September 9th, which is today. The REGZA Phone IS11T, on which these smart phone version Mobage will be pre-installed, has slide keyboard and touch panel,… Continue reading Mobage Pre-installed On KDDI’s Android “REGZA Phone IS11T”
Mobage’s Flagship Game Kaitou Royal Goes On TV Drama
MyCom reported [J] that Kaitou Royal, a popular social game on which you play heroic bandits, has been being offered on the one of two major social game platform Mobage by DeNA, will be dramatized for TV next month October. Like as in the original game, there are three flavors of characters, each of who… Continue reading Mobage’s Flagship Game Kaitou Royal Goes On TV Drama
Mobage Company DeNA Rumored To Buy A Pro Baseball Team, PR Denied
According to Sankei Sports [J], DeNA, known by running a big social gaming network Mobage, is one the list of companies who are talking with TBS, a Japanese TV network company who owns Yokohama Bay Stars [J] of Nippon Professional Baseball(Puro Yakyu) [J] Se-League, to purchase the team. TBS Holdings tried to sell the Bay… Continue reading Mobage Company DeNA Rumored To Buy A Pro Baseball Team, PR Denied
Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Japan’s social gaming network giant Mobage became inaccessible around 9:20 a.m. Friday Aug 25, both on its own mobile version, iPhone version and PC version jointly run with Yahoo! Japan. In morning, DeNA’s company site was reportedly down as well. Other services by DeNA, who runs Mobage, such like mobile auction site Mobaoku were also… Continue reading Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market
Namco Bandai, who was a merged company of video game company Namco and toy company Bandai in 2005, announced a new step on social game development with one of the world’s most successful social game platform, DeNA. The new company DBNA is supposed to develop social games for the global market. From the release, the… Continue reading Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market
BREAKING: DeNA Officially Launches Mobage to All English Speaking Countries and China
In a truly global rollout, DeNA has just announced that Mobage social games platform for Android has just been released in English-speaking countries around the world as well as China. Mobage is immediately available for download on Android in these markets, with more than 100 game titles currently in development for English-speaking markets. DeNA aims to deliver… Continue reading BREAKING: DeNA Officially Launches Mobage to All English Speaking Countries and China
DeNA Recruits Legendary Japanese Game Designers Into “Super Creators” Initiative
In a press conference yesterday, DeNA announced [J] the formation of the “Super Creators” initiative, an all-star team of five veteran game designers from the traditional Japanese games industry who will create social smartphone games for Mobage. All games will be published by AQ Interactive. The veteran game designers include: Keiji Inafune: Legendary game designer formerly employed… Continue reading DeNA Recruits Legendary Japanese Game Designers Into “Super Creators” Initiative