Japan: DeNA to develop and distribute Disney games.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Japan: DeNA to develop and distribute Disney games.

Japanese mobile social gaming company DeNA partnered to offer games based on Disney and Marvel comics and characters via its Mobage platform.

 The first game, Disney Party, was launched on 28 March on the Mobage network in Japan, which reaches more than 35 million people.

 Disney Fantasy Quest is due to follow this week, with a third Marvel-based title due in the summer. Localised versions of the games will be launched on Mobage Global (North America and Europe), Daum Mobage (South Korea) and Mobage China in the summer.

AT&T and DeNA partner Mobage launch for US

WorldWide Tech Science. Francisco De Jesus.

AT&T inked a deal to launch DeNA’s Mobage social gaming platform, stating that “Mobage will serve as a hub for AT&T Android users to discover and play games, as well as connect and communicate with other players around the world.” 

The deal is said to be the first between ngmoco, the DeNA subsidiary behind Mobage, and a US operator. Details of the launch were not revealed, but Ted Woodbery, VP of Wireless Data, Voice and Ancillary Services at AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, said that it looks forward to “giving our Android customers access to the rich Mobage gaming catalogue later this year.”

The announcement follows shortly after DeNA announced the launch of Mobage for China and “English speaking markets . It said that more than 100 games are already being developed for the platform, with the company working with third-party developers to bring products to market as well as crating its own titles. The platform is currently in a “beta” release for the North American market.

DeNA/ngmoco is not AT&T’s only partner for mobile social games. The company is also working with Zynga , which is best known for its Facebook games, but which is looking to build its mobile.

Docomo inks DeNA alliance

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

NTT Docomo partnered with mobile social gaming company DeNA, intended to “tap into the rapid growth of social mobile gaming worldwide.”

 From May 2011, DeNA’s Mobage gaming platform will be linked with Docomo’s i-mode and smartphone portals, with a dedicated Mobage app to be pre-installed on “selected” smartphones in the foreseeable future.