Level 5 Releases Social Game For Mobage “Professor Layton Royale”

Level 5 [J] has released the feature phone social game “Professor Layton Royale” [J] for Mobage.  They are also planning to soon release a smartphone version. “Professor Layton Royal”(Layton Kyojyu Royal) is a social mystery role-playing-game based on Level 5’s popular title “Professor Layton Series.” In the game there are three structured roles: “detective,” “citizen,”… Continue reading Level 5 Releases Social Game For Mobage “Professor Layton Royale”

NAMCO BANDAI Release First Ever “Tamagotchi” Social Game For Mobage

NAMCO BANDAI Games, Inc. [J] has opened service of the first social game featuring “Tamagotchi” characters, “Mobage De Asobo! Tamagotchi” (Let’s play with Mobage!  Tamagotchi), an avatar-raising game for feature phones on Mobage [J]. “Mobage De Asobo! Tamagotchi” is a title combining the enjoyment of supporting the approach of the 15 year anniversary of “Tamagotchi’s”… Continue reading NAMCO BANDAI Release First Ever “Tamagotchi” Social Game For Mobage

Daum Mobage – DeNA’s Social Game Platform To Be Provided In Korea

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

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

Pokelabo Releases “Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition”

Pokelabo [J] has released “YakyuTomo! Gekitou Puro Yakyuu Hen” [J] (Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition), the latest installment of their popular Mobage [J] feature phone social game “YakyuTomo” [J]. “YakyuTomo!” is a simulation game where the player becomes a baseball team a director and nurtures a fledgling team into veteran leaders on the… Continue reading Pokelabo Releases “Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition”

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 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