May 22, 2013

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Samsung Integrating Mobage Social Gaming with Android Smartphone

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Shortly after the Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA acquired Ngmoco for $403 million, CEO Tomoko Namba told Inside Social Games that she hoped to quickly quadruple the revenue of her company in about four years, which already tops $1 billion yearly. As unlikely as that ambition sounds, the details of the plan are now emerging. [...]

Walt Disney Co. Buys Playdom, the Web Game Maker for $563 Million Deal

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Walt Disney on Tuesday agreed to buy Playdom, which makes social games for Facebook, a move that sets the stage for Mickey Mouse and Iron Man to feature in games on the world’s largest social networking site. The deal is the richest ever in the young but fast-growing market for social games, which are free [...]