Newsbrief: Gree has partnered with Take-Two subsidiary 2K to add two more notable Western franchises,
Sid Meier's Civilization and
Sid Meier's Pirates!, to its mobile social games network.
Tokyo-based Gree has made plenty of efforts in recent months to strike deals with Western publishers to create games for its newly launched global network, signing agreements with
Ubisoft (
Assassin's Creed), Gameloft (
Gangster),
Mind Candy (
Moshi Monsters), and
CrowdStar (
Top Girl).
2K's studio in China will create new smartphone games based on the
Civilization and
Pirates franchises. It will work with Gree to introduce social features to those titles. 2K also intends to work with Japanese developer Cyberagent to bring its
NBA 2K franchise to Gree's platform in Japan.
