CMGE Made Strategic Partnership With GREE to Co-Develop and Publish the First Official Mobile Game on Naruto in China
31 July 2014 - 8:44PM
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited ("CMGE" or the
"Company") (Nasdaq:CMGE), the largest publisher and a leading
developer of mobile games in China, today announced that it has
made exclusive strategic partnership with GREE, a famous Japanese
social networking platform company, to co-develop the first
official mobile game on Naruto in China. CMGE also has the rights
to publish the game and combat piracy in China.
Naruto is a masterpiece of Japanese cartoonist Masashi Kishimoto
and serialized on < Weekly Shonen Jump > from 1999. It has
been translated into various languages and released in more than 30
overseas countries. Cumulative circulation of the original comic
has reached more than 200 million globally. Its animation has been
played in a number of countries and regions, with a high and
world-class popularity.
"We are delighted to cooperate with GREE to co-develop and
publish the official mobile game on Naruto in China. GREE, together
with Shueisha Inc, TV Tokyo Corporation and Studio Pierrot, as the
production committee (IP owner), recognize and trust the R&D
and publishing capability of CMGE. We really appreciate that," said
Xiao Jian, CEO of CMGE. "CMGE has been working diligently to
provide great mobile games to extensive players. In our joint
effort with GREE, we believe the official mobile game on Naruto
will be launched in the fourth quarter this year. Warm-up
activities will be started soon. Besides, we will start to clean up
the pirated market in the meanwhile."
About CMGE
CMGE is the largest publisher and a leading developer of mobile
games in China with integrated capabilities across the mobile game
value chain. Its fully integrated capabilities include the
development, licensing, publishing, distribution and operation of
mobile games, primarily in China. Its social games are mainly
developed for Android and iOS-based smartphones. CMGE's extensive
distribution network includes its proprietary Game Center
application, handset pre-installations, application stores and web
platforms and mobile network operators. The offices are in
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The
Company's stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol CMGE. For more
corporate and product information, please visit CMGE's website at
http://www.cmge.com.
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China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited
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