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• X-Men: Battle of the Atom card game heading to iOS & Android this fall, trailer inside

  X-Men: Battle of the Atom is the “next-generation card game” coming to mobile courtesy of Marvel and GREE.

  7 years ago

• Gree UK office closed, EU offices in doubt - report

  International mobile and social publisher Gree has closed its UK development and business teams, issuing a statement casting serious doubt on the Amsterdam office’s future.

  7 years ago

• GREE financials: net profit down 65% to ¥4.7 billion, new strategy moving forward

  GREE – one of Japan’s leading social and mobile developers – has released its third-quarter financial results. For the quarter ended March 31, the company’s profit has slumped, prompting a change in strategy moving forward.

  7 years ago

• Gree lay-offs strike San Francisco office, 30 jobs reportedly lost

  Social and mobile publisher Gree has confirmed a series of lay-offs, with reports suggesting as many as 30 staff were made redundant.

  7 years ago

• Gree and Yahoo Japan launch new social and mobile initiative

  Mobile publisher Gree and Yahoo Japan have teamed up to open a new developer of social and mobile games, GxYz Inc. GamesIndustry reports the two companies began laying the foundation for the new developer in November 2012, and have fronted ¥200 million ($2.1 million) in capital. Gree holds 51% of shares in the new company, […]

  7 years ago

• GREE: mobile devs making 4x what they did 12 months ago

  GREE knows mobile. After all it makes a lot of money in the sector worldwide, and SVP of studio operations Anil Dharni has stated that the company isn’t the only one reaping the rewards of the sector. He has stated in an interview that top mobile studios are raking in four times as much as […]

  8 years ago

• Hitman: Absolution, Mass Effect 3 talks added to GDC 2013 schedule

  GDC organizers have announced more programming and design sessions for GDC 2013. The first focuses on programming AI and NPCs in Hitman: Absolution, and will be hosted by IO Interactive’s Mika Vehkala and Maurizio De Pascale. A design track from BioWare’s Dave Feltham will discuss bringing narrative to Mass Effect 3, and finally, GREE’s Aaron […]

  8 years ago

• GREE launches Knights & Dragons: Rise of the Dark Prince for iOS devices

  Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops developer GREE has announced fantasy RPG Knights & Dragons: Rise of the Dark Prince for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It’s out now and completely free. Get more details, download links and screens below.

  8 years ago

• GREE US axes 25 jobs following OpenFeint closure

  Mobile giant GREE closed game achievement and social network OpenFeint last month and with it, has let go of 25 staff, and forced developers using the tool to look elsewhere for an alternative. Get the details below.

  8 years ago

• OpenFeint to close next month, developers must go elsewhere

  OpenFeint – the smartphone equivalent of Xbox Live – is to close in December according to current owner GREE. Developers currently using the service in their games will have to look elsewhere for achievement, friends list and leaderboard support. For the record, that’s a lot of games.

  8 years ago

• Final Fantasy x GREE & World Ends With You LIVE Remix outed, first screens here

  Final Fantasy x GREE and The World Ends With You LIVE Remix are heading to iOS devices in Japan. The first game is a card battler that pulls together the span of Final Fantasy history, while the latter is a touch screen battle game that features music fromt the DS original.

  8 years ago

• GREE adds four North American indie developers to its platform

  GREE has added four North American indie developers to its mobile social platform.

  8 years ago

• MGS Social Ops dev: 'PC format will disappear, merge with smartphone'

  Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops developer GREE delivered the keynote address at this year’s Tokyo Games Show, along with the message that the lines between PCs and smartphones are blurring, before laying out its vision of the industry’s future.

  8 years ago

• Metal Gear Solid Social Ops trailer: watch it here

  Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops is the new sneaking & card battling smartphone game from GREE that sees players battling it out using cards from across the game’s history. Watch Snake and Ocelot do battle in Konami’s official TGS trailer.

  8 years ago

• Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops trailer shows sneaking & card battling

  Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops has been trailered by Konami and developer GREE, showing off new gameplay that sees Metal Gear Solid 3’s Snake sneaking around the Russian jungle, and Peace Walker’s older Snake surprising guards in South America. There are also card battle game elements that span the entire Metal Gear Solid series.

  8 years ago

• Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops dev to give TGS keynote

  Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops developer GREE is to deliver the opening keynote session of TGS 2012.

  8 years ago

• Complete coverage from MGS event: Ground Zeroes, movie, more

  Kojima productions gave a first look at the next Metal Gear game during the franchise’s 25th anniversary celebrations – Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.

  8 years ago

• Gree, MadCatz, NetDragon Websoft join ESA

  The Entertainment Software Association has announced Gree, the Japanese mobile/social developer, MadCatz, and online Chinese game company NetDragon Websoft Inc.have joined the trade body’s roster. This brings its total members to 34. “These new members are leaders in the breathtaking number of business models that exist to excite and reach today’s entertainment consumers,” said Michael […]

  8 years ago

• Gree to exhibit at gamescom

  Japanese social firm Gree’s going to make an appearance at gamescom, GI’s reporting.

  8 years ago