Today is a big day for DeNA: after rolling out the awesome-looking Infinity Blade Cross on Mobage for Japanese iPhones, the company just announced the launch of Daum Mobage in South Korea. The partnership with Daum, one of Korea’s biggest web portals, was announced last November. The plan is...
Finally: Infinity Blade Cross Lands On Mobage [Social Games]
Good news for DeNA: the company just announced the launch of Infinity Blade Cross, the social game version of the iOS super hit. The title, which was announced way back in June last year, is exclusively available on Mobage in the Japanese App Store. DeNA explains: Infinity Blade Cross is a free-to...
Namco Bandai’s Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Hits 1 Million Users On Mobage [Social Games]
DeNA partner Namco Bandai has another hit social game in its portfolio: Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a “social idol-raising game”, is now boasting over one million users on Mobage. The title, the first social version in the popular Idolmaster video game series, was announced last...
Sokotsune Underworld: Square Enix Rolls Out Horror RPG On Mobage [Social Games]
Mobage is getting a pretty good-looking social horror RPG: Square Enix has started distributing “Sokotsune Underworld” on Mobage for Japanese feature phones today. The game is using Cthulhu, the famous fictional divinity created by H.P. Lovecraft, as the background for the story. In the...
Reports: ngmoco Laid Off 30 People, Including the CMO [Social Games]
DeNA‘s US company ngmoco recently laid off 30 people, TechCrunch and Inside Mobile Apps are reporting. According to TechCrunch, the group includes “senior leaders including a director of platform tech and the chief marketing officer”. The same blog is reporting that one game has...
DeNA vs GREE: Profit And Share Price Development Visualized [Social Games]
It’s not a secret that GREE has been outpacing DeNA in recent months: the market cap today at the Tokyo Stock Exchange for DeNA stood at US$4.9 billion (DeNA stock soared today), while GREE reached US$7.8 billion. Nikkei Online has tried to visualize the race between the two rivals in recent...