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SEPT. 20, 2011 • Within a week after DeNA Co., Ltd. acquired mobile developer Punch Ent. Co. Ltd. in Vietnam, Aeria Games swooped in and hired Punch’s Android development team. The latter [...]

AUG. 15, 2011 • Google Inc. will pay nearly $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Although Google has marketed its own Android phones with hardware sourced from partner [...]

AUG. 11, 2011 • The Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC Corp is buying a 51% controlling share in U.S. specialty headphone designer Beats Electronics for $309 million. Beats markets enhanced [...]

AUG. 1, 2011 • Sony Computer Ent. acquired long-time Bellevue, Washington-based development collaborator Sucker Punch. The developer is best known for the PlayStation exclusive franchises Sly [...]

JULY 26, 2011 • In a financial conference call, Electronic Arts said its digital (online distribution) business for the quarter ending June 20 increased by 24% year-over-year.  Non-GAAP [...]