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Available in | Japanese |
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Owner | DeNA |
URL |
mobage |
Launched | February 7, 2006 March 28, 2011 (as Mobage) | (as Mobage Town)
Current status | Offline (DeNA) |
Mobage (モバゲー, Mobagē, "Mobile Game") is a portal and social network for games, owned by DeNA.
In 2011, as part of a strategy to unify its services, DeNA rebranded Mobage Town as Mobage (sometimes called Mobage East) for use in Japan, while the Plus+ network operated by ngmoco, a subsidiary of DeNA, was also rebranded as Mobage (sometimes called Mobage West) for use in the West. [1] [2]
On December 19, 2014, ngmoco announced the rebranding of Mobage West to DeNA. [3] [4] [5] The Japanese site continued to operate under the mobage name.[ citation needed]
On August 9, 2018, the English version of the website was reportedly shut down for unknown reasons.[ citation needed]
The service was described as highly successful in academic research. [6] In July 2011, it was reported the service had 30 million users, who largely played on feature phones. [7]
![]() Mobile App Developers | |
Available in | Japanese |
---|---|
Owner | DeNA |
URL |
mobage |
Launched | February 7, 2006 March 28, 2011 (as Mobage) | (as Mobage Town)
Current status | Offline (DeNA) |
Mobage (モバゲー, Mobagē, "Mobile Game") is a portal and social network for games, owned by DeNA.
In 2011, as part of a strategy to unify its services, DeNA rebranded Mobage Town as Mobage (sometimes called Mobage East) for use in Japan, while the Plus+ network operated by ngmoco, a subsidiary of DeNA, was also rebranded as Mobage (sometimes called Mobage West) for use in the West. [1] [2]
On December 19, 2014, ngmoco announced the rebranding of Mobage West to DeNA. [3] [4] [5] The Japanese site continued to operate under the mobage name.[ citation needed]
On August 9, 2018, the English version of the website was reportedly shut down for unknown reasons.[ citation needed]
The service was described as highly successful in academic research. [6] In July 2011, it was reported the service had 30 million users, who largely played on feature phones. [7]