May 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Following many acquisitions in the US, Ngmoco now made a firm move into Europe by acquiring long-time mobile development partner Rough Cookie.
Rough Cookie is an Amsterdam based studio that published many successful games. One of them being Star Defence that got a prime time promo during one of the iPhone presentations by Apple. The studio is also behind the successful We Farm and We City titles on Android. The studio is also preparing a new flagship title to support the launch of DeNa’s Mobage social gaming network.
“We are very excited to be joining the ngmoco and DeNA family,” Hoffmann commented. “We had great experiences and results on the projects that we have worked on with ngmoco, and we are truly proud to join the leader of mobile entertainment.”
“Rough Cookie’s values and creative capability are a perfect match for ngmoco,” Neil Young, CEO, ngmoco, said. “We are delighted to formally bring Rough Cookie into our family of companies. At ngmoco, it’s important for us to anchor the Mobage service with great first-party games and Rough Cookie will be a key studio in achieving that goal.”
