GREE girl at 2011 Tokyo Game Show
Japanese mobile social gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has announced a number of global partnerships that will bring support tools as its prepares to launch its global gaming platform.
There are 20 new international partners coming on board with GREE to assist with development, most notably Amazon and Microsoft. Other companies highlighted in GREE’s announcement are as follows:
| Localization | Server-side infrastructure | Debugging | User support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Hearts Co. Ltd. | Amazon Data Services Japan | Digital Hearts Co. Ltd. | “BELLSYSTEM24, Inc. |
| Katalyst Lab Inc | Freebit Co. Ltd. | Poletown Pitcrew Holdings, Inc. | E-Guardian Inc |
| Keywords International Ltd. | GMO Internet, Inc | Veriserve Corporation | GaiaX Inc. |
| Lionbridge Technologies | IDC Frontier. Co. Ltd | ISAO Corporation | |
| Poletowin Pitcrew Holdings, Inc. | Microsoft Japan Co. Ltd. | Poletown Pitcrew Holdings, Inc. | |
| Rightscale, Inc. | transcosmos inc. |
Back in December the company also partnered with Paypal to help facilitate payments as it expands globally.
On a related note, the legal battle between GREE and rival DeNA escalated yesterday as the latter filed a countersuit to an anti-competitive lawsuit which GREE (and others) had filed a couple of months back.