Players,
On March 31, 2013, we will end support and service for the following ngmoco:) products: We Rule, GodFinger, Touch Pets Cats, and Touch Pets Dogs 2. When service ends, these server-based games will no longer be available for play.
These games will be removed from the App Store and Google Play on February 1, 2013 and all new in-app purchases have already been disabled. If you have downloaded one of these games, you can continue to play it until March 31, 2013. All previous, unused in-app purchases will also remain available to use until March 31, 2013.
We’ve put a lot of love into these products and they have been played by millions of players in their lifetime. We hope you have enjoyed these products and we’ll continue to bring new and exciting games to Mobage on a regular basis.
Thank you for your time and support.
"The team wanted to blend two very distinct genres – the rapid game loop, simple controls and the free-to-play business model of mobile games, with the high-end graphics, serious tone, and incredible graphics of console and PC first-person shooters,“ he says. "Think Blood Brothers meets Resident Evil 4.”
-Ben Cousins, in USA Today.
“In the same way that I’ve stopped using laptops at home now that I’ve got one of these” – Cousins says, holding the iPad he’s using to demo The Drowning – “but I never would have dreamt of that if you had postulated it to me five years ago, when I talk to core gamers… I think there’s an opportunity for us to do that."
“The biggest problem,” says Cousins in an interview with Polygon, “is that people have been trying to make the console control scheme work on mobile.”
“Whenever Apple announces a new form factor for a device, that’s good for the industry as a whole,” says Doug Scott, vice president of marketing at ngmoco. “There’s going to be more attention on our games.”
“Japanese gaming giant DeNA is enjoying the hard-earned success of its Mobage social gaming platform in the US, as two of its titles, Rage of Bahamut and Blood Brothers sit atop the list of Google Play’s top grossing apps, while a third, Marvel: War of Heroes, has cracked the top ten.”
“Blood Brothers is joined by two other Mobage titles, Rage of Bahamut and Marvel: War of Heroes, in the top 10 on Google Play’s U.S. top grossing apps chart.”