Posts Tagged ‘ngmoco’

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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Ngmoco Does Star Wars

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For years, one thing was sure when it came to Star Wars branded mobile games; they came from a company called THQ Wireless. That seems to have changed now as Ngmoco released Star Wars Imperial Academy.

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Ngmoco Brings Pocket God to Android and Windows Phone

December 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Since the investment from Google, it was clear that Ngmoco would be putting focus on the Android platform. With Pocket God however, the company will also start playing around with Windows Phone 7.

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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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Ngmoco to Follow OpenFeint and Scoreloop Onto Android

September 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Ngmoco has always been one of the most iOS focused publishers out on the market. Now their social gaming competitors are embracing Android for some time, Ngmoco is likely to follow them.

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Ngmoco Receives Google Funding

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

iFund backed iOS developer ngmoco has signed up a new investor; Google Ventures. The amount that Google is investing in the company is unknown as well as the terms under which they received the funding. Android could have to do with it though.

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Ngmoco Acquires Stumptown

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Ngmoco has acquired yet another successful mobile developer called Stumptown Game Machine. Though the amount of the acquisition has not been mentioned yet, the future for the company will not change much.

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