Mobile Games Awards 2025
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket wins Game of the Year at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025
Making $1 billion in 204 days makes TCG Pocket the very best, like no Pokémon mobile game ever was…
Company Profile
DeNA Co.,Ltd.
Website
www.dena.jp
About
An innovator in the mobile and internet space, DeNA connects millions of people in Japan. Its product Mobage-town is the fastest-growing virtual social networking service, driven by high quality free-of-charge games.
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Barry Dorf
VP, Partnerships and Alliances
Isao Moriyasu
President and CEO
Jennie Sue
Producer
Tomoko Namba
Chairman
Tom Hess
Executive Producer
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