Japanese Mobile Gaming Giant GREE to Establish Canadian Subsidiary

GREE booth, Tokyo Game Show

Japanese mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) is today announcing that it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Vancouver called GREE Canada, Ltd. This will help the company with its North American plans, as it can coordinate with its other office in the region, GREE International, which is located just to the south in San Francisco.

Readers may recall that this is not GREE’s first venture into the Canadian north, as it was just back in April that the company announced a minority investment in Vancouver-based IUGO Mobile Entertainment. We’re not sure how this relates to today’s news, and have inquired with GREE to find out if there’s a connection. Update: A representative tells us that while they are not directly related, both are strong steps that strengthen their foothold in the North American market.

GREE has launched a number of titles targeting the North American market already, its first game Zombie Jombie has surpassed a million downloads and appears to have charted reasonably well on the top-grossing charts. And just last month the company had its global release for Gang Domination, a social card game from Gameloft.