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We’re still waiting for Mobage to hit the iOS platform in English, but DeNA China just rolled out that version, tech blog Penn Olson has learned. The Chinese iOS version is the first to follow the one DeNA rolled out for the Japanese market in August (Mobage on Android was released in China...

Are DeNA and Konami getting friendlier with each other? After releasing GREE top hit Professional Baseball Nine on Mobage, Konami now launched another social game on the DeNA platform. Busou Shinki BATTLE Communication is a social RPG set in the near future. Players have to clear missions, level up...

DeNA‘s American subsidiary ngmoco has announced that Mobage in English (in other words, the Android app) is now out of beta. For some reason, the press release isn’t making something very important clear: the Mobage-enabled games that have been released so far are now...

DeNA is buying Yokohama-based pro baseball team BayStars, after all. Pending approval (see below), the Mobage company will acquire a 66.92%  Yokohama BayStars Baseball Club, Inc. for 6.5 billion yen (US$83.2 million). DeNA’s global PR office has sent the following (unofficial) summary of the...

DeNA issued its financial report for the second quarter of this fiscal year today, and year-on-year, the numbers look pretty good: sales reached US$457 million for the quarter (which ended on September 30), which translates to a 28% plus year-on-year. Operating income hit US$203 million (+13%). The...