GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $210 million
Japanese mobile social game network GREE has bought Funzio, the developer behind the popular mid-core mobile and social games Crime City, Kingdom Age and Modern War. According to a GREE spokesperson, the deal was worth $210 million.
As part of the deal Funzio’s CEO Ken Chiu and COO Anil Dharni will join GREE as senior vice presidents. Funzio’s CTO Ram Gudavalli and VP of engineering Andy Keidel will become vice presidents at GREE.
The acquisition is GREE’s biggest since April 2011, when the company bought OpenFeint for $104 million in order to bring its lucrative mobile social gaming network to North America.
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January 15th, 2013 at 9:00 am
[...] James Kelm, both previously of Funzio. If that name sounds familiar to you, it should: Funzio was acquired by GREE last year for $210 [...]
January 15th, 2013 at 11:37 am
[...] James Kelm, both previously of Funzio. If that name sounds familiar to you, it should: Funzio was acquired by GREE last year for $210 [...]