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The US trade body ESA has bolstered its membership to 36 companies with the addition of mobile business DeNA. The move continues the ESA’s diversification and marks an acknowledgement by the organisation of the ever-growing mobile games market. DeNA is a leader in developing and publishing social mobile games and …
Read More »DeNA teams up with Nexon
Partnership brings games to Japan through DeNA's Mobage platform
Read More »Unity, DeNA and Scattered collaborating on The Drowning
Engine outfit and developers join forces to push dev platform for the benefit of all Unity users
Read More »Ben Cousins’ mobile studio named Scattered
First title to be console-quality FPS for mobile devices
Read More »DeNa acquires 20% stake in Rage of Bahamut dev
Purchase expected to be completed on December 28th
Read More »DeNa rakes in $600m in revenue during record quarter
Virtual currency on Mobage platform brings in $700m in Japan
Read More »DeNA’s influence grows as revenues and profits jump
Japanese social games giant DeNA has reported a 45 per cent jump in quarterly revenue to $627m. Profits were up 38 per cent year-on-year at $254m. The company’s Moba-coin virtual currency also set a new high, grossing $700m from mobile games in Japan. Coin consumption was for the first time …
Read More »Ngmoco founders Young and Stevenson step down
Head of studios Clive Downie named as new CEO
Read More »Ngmoco CEO Neil Young steps down
Co-founder and CEO Neil Young has left his role at mobile games developer Ngmoco, owner DeNA has announced. Former head of studios Clive Downie has been appointed as the new CEO. Downie previously spent over 15 years at EA where he reached the positions of VP of marketing. Fellow co-founder …
Read More »Nexon acquires Japanese mobile dev for $500m
Gloops developing ten new titles for Mobage platform targeted at Europe and North America
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