• Ngmoco Partners With Glu Mobile To Bring Gun Bros To Mobage

    Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

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    Following its November partnership with TinyCo, social games outfit ngmoco (now a DeNA-owned company) is partnering with game publisher Glu Mobile, Inc. The deal will brings Glu’s popular Gun Bros game to ngmoco’s Mobage gaming platform for Android.

    No word yet on whether the rest of Glu’s titles – many of which are more well-known than Gun Bros – will port over as well.

    Mobage arrived in an English version post-DeNA’s December acquisition of ngmoco for $400 million. The social gaming platform now serves over 35 million users with more than 1,800 game titles for smartphones, feature phones and PC’s. DeNA is now working to expand Mobage globally by building up a presence in the U.S., European and Asian markets.

    With Gun Bros now in tow, Mobage now includes the following titles:

    • 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)

    Company: ngmoco
    Website: ngmoco.com
    Launch Date: June 26, 2008
    Funding: $44.8M

    ngmoco (“Next Generation MObile COmpany”) is creating and producing games for the iPhone. CEO Neil Young is a former executive from Electronic Arts, where he oversaw the development of several hit titles. Another EA vet and partner at Kleiner Perkins, Bing Gordon, sits on the board. Kleiner is an investor through its iFund.

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    Company: Glu Mobile
    Website: glu.com
    IPO: NASDAQ:GLUU

    Glu Mobile Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and sale of mobile games worldwide. The company’s games based on licensed intellectual property include Call of Duty, Deer Hunter, Diner Dash, Guitar Hero 5, Family Feud, Family Guy, The Price Is Right, Transformers, Wedding Dash, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, World Series of Poker, and Zuma; and games based on its own intellectual property comprise Beat It!, Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded, and Super K.O. Boxing. It designs...

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