ngmoco and TinyCo Bring Popular Social Mobile Games to Mobage for Android

Tiny Chef and Tiny Nightclub to Launch on Mobage Entertainment Network This Fall

TinyCo Joins All-Star List of Mobile and Social Game Developers Supporting Mobage

SAN FRANCISCO--()--Social games leader ngmoco, a DeNA Co. Ltd (2432.T) company and renowned independent mobile game developer TinyCo have announced a partnership to bring TinyCo’s hit games to Android devices and the Mobage social gaming platform. Tiny Chef and Tiny Nightclub will be the first two TinyCo titles to join the rapidly growing ranks of more than 100 titles in development from the world’s best developers for Mobage.

“ngmoco is excited to work with TinyCo to bring their hit mobile games to the Mobage platform on Android,” said Simon Jeffery, Chief Publishing Officer, ngmoco. “TinyCo is one of the premiere mobile developers on iOS and we’re thrilled to help them bring their games to a whole new audience on Android and Mobage.”

In Tiny Nightclub, players step into the shoes of a big shot club owner to design and manage their very own hotspot. Turn up the music and sell the best drinks to attract the coolest crowd in town, while customers dance, drink and party all night long. Tiny Chef lets players enter the fast-paced world of restaurant ownership, running their own eatery, establishing the décor, and turning small tips into big bucks.

"Giving everyone the opportunity to play and enjoy our games, no matter their device or location, has always been a goal of ours,” said Suleman Ali, CEO of TinyCo. “Therefore, we are excited to be moving closer to this goal by bringing Tiny Chef and Tiny Nightclub to the Mobage platform on Android."

The Mobage social entertainment network gives developers access to a suite of features to enhance their mobile and social games, including a shared currency, a virtual goods bank system, plus a payment API, advertising management and analytics tools.

The ngCore game development engine is a Native level performance development SDK that allows quick Java Script-based development. Making games powered by ngCore allows developers to release games across devices and regions.

For more information on ngmoco, please visit http://blog.ngmoco.com. Developers interested in developing for Mobage can download the free SDK and get more information at https://developer.mobage.com.

About ngmoco
ngmoco is the world's leading social mobile gaming company. Headquartered in San Francisco and with studios in New York, Portland and Amsterdam, ngmoco creates and publishes games for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android in collaboration with the best and brightest game makers in the world. ngCore technology is patent pending. To find out more about Mobage Smartphone SDK visit https://developer.mobage.com. To witness the lives and minds of the ngmoco team at work on the future of social mobile gaming, visit http://www.ngmoco.com.

About DeNA
DeNA Co., Ltd. is a world-leading online service company, and operates Mobage social gaming platform, social networking services and e-commerce websites. Drawing on its extensive community base and rapidly expanding developer line-ups, Mobage currently serves over 30 million users in Japan with more than 1,000 social game titles for smartphones, feature phones as well as PCs. The company generated annual sales of more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year ended March 2011. To expand the Mobage platform globally, DeNA is building a presence in the US, Europe and Asia. DeNA is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange (2432). For more information, visit www.dena.jp/intl.

Contacts

fortyseven Communications for ngmoco
Bryce Baer, 415-543-9247
bryce@fortyseven.com
or
Sibel Sunar, 323-658-1200
sibel@fortyseven.com

Release Summary

Social games leader ngmoco, a DeNA Co. Ltd company and renowned independent mobile game developer TinyCo partner to bring TinyCo’s hit games to Android devices and the Mobage social gaming platform.

Contacts

fortyseven Communications for ngmoco
Bryce Baer, 415-543-9247
bryce@fortyseven.com
or
Sibel Sunar, 323-658-1200
sibel@fortyseven.com