May 10th, 2013

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It is results time for games companies and the going seems good, with Capcom reporting digital revenue up 6.4% year-on-year, DeNA posting record annual revenue and Korean mobile game publisher Com2uS seeing...

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March 5th, 2013

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Sony is to sell its shares in Japanese social games firm DeNA to Nomura Securities for around 40.9bnYen (£0.29bn), as it continues to look for ways to raise cash. Sony said that the sale came as part...

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January 21st, 2013

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Korean free-to-play gaming publisher Nexon has inked a "global business alliance" with Japanese social games firm DeNA as the pair look for overseas growth. The deal involves Nexon releasing its mobile...

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January 16th, 2013

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Japanese mobile games publisher DeNA has teamed up with the NFL to create a Top Trumps-esque mobile card game based around American Football. NFL Matchups, available now on Android and coming soon to iOS,...

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November 8th, 2012

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Japanese mobile games giant DeNA likes developer Cygames so much, it's bought a 20% stake in the company. For $92m. The deal, which values Cygames at a startling $460m, was spawned by a profitable existing...

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November 6th, 2012

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It's earnings season for some of the key firms in the mobile gaming world, with three more companies declaring their Q3 financials yesterday: DeNA, Gameloft and Com2uS. DeNA is the 900lb gorilla of...

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October 29th, 2012

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As the first big iOS publisher to focus on free-to-play games, ngmoco played a key role in the mobile games industry's tipping point from paid to freemium business models. It reaped the rewards, too, with...

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October 18th, 2012

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This sounds like a match made in heaven: Marvel's stable of superheroes meet one of the world's largest mobile games firms, DeNA, in a card-battling iPhone game. That's Marvel War of Heroes – "the...

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August 10th, 2012

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Here’s a comparison for you: in the second quarter of this year, Warner Music Group reported $654m in revenues. Meanwhile, Japanese social mobile games company DeNA reported $609m in revenues. It’s...

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