Posts Tagged ‘DeNa’

Government Investigation Devalues Gree and DeNa

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following investigation of a local consumer affairs agency, Gree and DeNa have seen the value of their shares going down. A sales practice of the companies might have been deemed illegal…

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Mobage Town Games Preloaded on Samsung’s

December 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

DeNa has signed a lucrative deal with Samsung in which Mobage Town supporting games will be pre-loaded on Samsung’s Android devices and sold world-wide.

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Mobage Entering US and EU in 2011

November 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of ngmoco by DeNa, it was already announced that Plus+ would be replaced by DeNa’s Mobage Town somewhere soon. Now, the companies spread some light on the timeline.

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DeNa Acquires ngmoco, its True

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We already wrote about the rumor earlier this week, but it turns out DeNa indeed bought ngmoco. Ngmoco will help DeNa get grip on the western mobile gaming market.

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DeNa to Acquire ngmoco!?

October 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to Techcrunch, rumors say DeNa is considering the acquisition of competitor ngmoco for a sweet $400 million. If true, this move could make push DeNa into a leading position in social mobile games.

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DeNa Invests in Astro Ape

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

No acquisition this time, but DeNa has announced an investment in Astro Ape, a US mobile games developer. Astro Ape is well known for its Office Heroes game on the iPhone.

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DeNA Acquires Gameview

September 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Social gaming giant DeNA has announced the full acquisition of Gameview, a mobile social game developer based in Mountain View, CA in the United States.

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Financials: DeNa’s Q1 2010 – Heading for No. 1

August 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

DeNa has released their quarterly financials and they seem to be looking good for the giant as it prepares to take over the number one position in Social Gaming from competitor Zynga. Both also develop and publish mobile titles.

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DeNa Signs Namco For Mobage-Town

July 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

With over 19 million subscribers, DeNa’s Mobage Town is one of the most important mobile aimed social gaming platforms. The company has now made a deal with Namco to bring Namco’s games to their community.

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