SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile social games leader ngmoco, a DeNA Co. Ltd (2432.T) company, and leading independent mobile game developer NimbleBit have announced that they are bringing Pocket Frogs to Android for the first time with DeNA’s Mobage social entertainment network. Pocket Frogs joins a growing list of more than 100 titles from the world’s best game studios currently in development for Mobage.
“ngmoco is thrilled to partner with NimbleBit to bring Pocket Frogs Mobage to Android,” said Simon Jeffery, Chief Publishing Officer at ngmoco. “Pocket Frogs has proven to be one of the most successful Free-to-Play games on the iPhone and has a tremendous and loyal following.”
With more than 7.5 million downloads for iOS devices to date, Pocket Frogs for Android challenges gamers to discover, collect, breed and share more than 15,000 types of unique, stylized frogs. Players can also customize their frog’s habitats and explore their pond to find rewards and discover rare items before visiting their friend’s ponds.
"An Android version of Pocket Frogs has been one the most requested things from our fans," said Ian Marsh, co-owner of NimbleBit. "Working with ngmoco and the Mobage platform allows us to bring Pocket Frogs to a larger audience with a streamlined publishing process."
DeNA’s Mobage social entertainment network will give 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 a wholly owned subsidiary of DeNA Co., Ltd, the world's leading social mobile gaming company. Headquartered in San Francisco and with studios in New York and Portland, 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 Web service company that operates the Mobage social gaming platform, social networking services and e-commerce websites. Drawing on its extensive community base and rapidly expanding developer line-up, Mobage currently serves over 27 million users in Japan with more than 1,000 game titles for smartphones, feature phones and PCs. The company generated annual sales of more than 1.3 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 in China. DeNA is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange (2432). For more information, please visit http://www.dena.jp/en.