SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading mobile social gaming company ngmoco, a DeNA Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 2432) company, and Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU), a leading global publisher of social mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices, today announced that they are bringing the blockbuster freemium game Gun Bros to the Mobage mobile entertainment network for Android. Glu’s title joins Mobage’s unparalleled lineup of AAA gaming content for the Western markets.
Gun Bros joins Mobage’s unmatched line up of current and upcoming games, including:
- Paper Toss, Ragdoll Blaster (Backflip Studios)
- Ant Smasher, Bunny Shooter (Best, Cool and Fun Games)
- Pocket God (Bolt Creative)
- Nightclub City (Booyah)
- Touch Hockey (Flipside5)
- Paradise Island (Game Insight)
- iBlast Moki 2, Stardunk (Godzilab)
- Fragger 2 (Harold Brenes)
- Haypi Kingdom (HaypiCo)
- Texas Poker (KAMAGames)
- Backyard Monsters (Kixeye)
- Solitaire (MobilityWare)
- Maple Story (Nexon)
- We Rule, Mobage Blackjack, VIP (ngmoco)
- Pocket Frogs, Tiny Tower (Nimblebit)
- Checkers (Optime)
- Putt Putt Penguin (OMGPOP)
- Zombie Farm (The Playforge)
- Zoo Land, City Land (RockYou)
- Cupcake Maker (Sunstorm Interactive)
- My Monster Rancher (Tecmo/Koei)
- Tiny Chef, Tiny Nightclub (TinyCo)
“Glu Mobile is one of the most talented social and freemium game developers in the world and ngmoco is thrilled to welcome them to Mobage,” said Simon Jeffery, Chief Publishing Officer, ngmoco. “Gun Bros is a blockbuster addition to Mobage’s line up of the world’s best line up of social and free mobile games.”
Mobage is the premiere destination for social mobile games, with a vibrant worldwide community of more than 35 million players. With more than 120 games currently in development by the world’s best developers, Mobage delivers the highest quality social mobile games for players in every region.
“Mobage is the premier mobile destination for social games and the perfect platform to bring Gun Bros to an even wider audience,” said Adam Flanders, SVP of Sales & Marketing of Glu Mobile. “Mobage provides independent developers like Glu an opportunity to quickly, easily and profitably deploy our games to a massive mobile audience around the world.”
Developers looking to use ngmoco’s ngCore development engine to reach Mobage’s growing global audience can get more info 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 35 million users in Japan with more than 1,800 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.
About Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) is a leading global developer and publisher of social mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices. Glu’s unique technology platform enables its titles to be accessible to a broad audience of consumers all over the world – supporting iOS, Android™, Windows Phone, Google Chrome and beyond. Glu is focused on bringing the best in social, freemium, cross-platform mobile gaming experiences to the mass market. Founded in 2001, Glu is headquartered in San Francisco and has major offices in Kirkland, Washington, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the UK. Glu is focused on creating compelling original IP and also partners with leading entertainment brands including Activision, Atari, Caesar’s and Fox. Consumers can find high-quality entertainment created exclusively for their mobile devices wherever they see the ‘g’ character logo or at www.glu.com. For live updates, please follow Glu via Twitter at www.twitter.com/glumobile or become a Glu fan at Facebook.com/glumobile.