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Rick Martin · · 1 min read

Japanese Game Publisher Konami Joins Zynga as a Platform Partner

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Social games provider Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), in the wake of announcing its own social gaming space called the Zynga Platform, today announced three big platform partners in Playdemic, Rebellion, and Japanese publisher Konami (NYSE:KNM).

The new partnerships were announced at the Game Developers Conference 2012 in San Francisco. Kazuhiko Uehara, the corporate officer and senior vice president at Konami Digital Entertainment commented:

This new partnership accelerates Konami’s continued success as a top global social games developer and underscores our commitment to provide high quality gaming experiences to the ever-growing social space. We look forward to working hand-in-hand with Zynga to create the best environment possible for playing social games.

For Konami, who claimed about 15 million registered social games users, at the end of 2011, the partnership with Zynga means it will be able to further extend its reach, marketing its games to to Zynga’s 240 million monthly users.

CHART: Konami social games, registered members (millions)

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[Chart from Konami, ht to Serkan Toto]

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Rick Martin

Rick Martin lives in Tokyo where he writes about technology in Japan, China, and around Asia. After writing full-time for TechInAsia from 2011 to January 2013, he moved on to pastures new at The Bridge. He can be reached via his website, 1Rick.com