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Gree's OpenFeint hires new exec, More social games coming?

The mobile social game wars are heating up, as OpenFeint just took on former Glu Mobile executive Sarah Thompson (pictured) as its director of developer relations, SocialTimes reports. In other words, OpenFeint, owned by Japanese mobile social gaming powerhouse Gree, hired Thomson to strategically acquire build relationships with independent developers.

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EA to Acquire Glu Mobile, Creating a New Leader in the Largest and Fastest Growing Gaming Segment

Electronic Arts, a global leader in interactive entertainment, and Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global developer and publisher of mobile games including Design Home, Covet Fashion, and MLB Tap Sports Baseball, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Electronic Arts will acquire Glu Mobile.

Knightofelemia1592d ago

More fresh meat for EA to ruin

Jin_Sakai1591d ago

Perfect match for EA. Mobile games are microtransaction money pits.

gamer78041591d ago

Well it is phone games so atleast the potential for ruin is not large...

AngelicIceDiamond1591d ago

Out of all the buy outs of other companies
between AAA publishers lately of course EA low balls and cheap out and buys a mobile company instead.

In fact EA needs to sell their AAA assets and live their dream in being mobile micro transaction hungry company.

At this point stop pretending to be a AAA company and become the greedy microtransaction company that they always wanted to be.

If they do that we won't have to worry about them anymore. They can make all the money in the world and everyone is happy.

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GREE Inc. Announces Fishing Star Is Coming To Nintendo Switch

GREE Inc has revealed that Fishing Star will be their first game coming to Nintendo Switch as part of their future market expansion.

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Crunchyroll to Start Publishing Games

The popular anime video streaming service Crunchyroll is getting involved in publishing games, localizing and distributing them to areas outside Japan.

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TheColbertinator2854d ago (Edited 2854d ago )

Good. We could use more localization publishers.