ngmoco Names Michael Staskin Chief Marketing Officer

October 13, 2011

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Former Mattel, Sisal Executive Brings Global Consumer Products and Services Marketing Expertise to ngmoco’s Expanding Executive Team

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mobile social games leader ngmoco has named former Mattel and Sisal executive, Michael Staskin, Chief Marketing Officer. Staskin brings more than fifteen years of consumer marketing and communications experience to ngmoco’s growing executive team.

At ngmoco, Staskin will lead all global marketing and communications efforts for the company, including the launch of Mobage, the company’s mobile entertainment network, overseeing strategic marketing, customer acquisition, advertising, media planning, market research and public relations.

Most recently, Staskin was Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Sisal SpA, the gaming and lottery giant based in Milan, Italy. He has also held executive management positions in North America and Europe for Mattel, including Vice President of Marketing.

“Michael is a world-class marketer who has managed some of the world’s biggest brands on a global scale,” said Neil Young, CEO, ngmoco. “His ability to create value for real and virtual goods around the world makes him a remarkable addition to ngmoco’s executive team. We’re thrilled to welcome him aboard.”

“ngmoco is poised to forever change the way people interact with content on their mobile devices,” said Michael Staskin, Chief Marketing Officer of ngmoco. “I’m excited to introduce consumers around the world to Mobage, a new way to consume, share and experience mobile entertainment.”

Mobage, currently in beta in English-speaking territories around the world, is the premier destination for mobile users to play high-quality social games with a vibrant worldwide community. Mobage also empowers the world’s best game-makers by providing easy-to-use tools and a platform for releasing blockbuster content for consumers around the globe.

For more information on ngmoco, please visit http://blog.ngmoco.com. Developers interested in developing for Mobage can download the free SDK and get more information at https://developer.mobage.com.

About ngmoco

ngmoco is the world's leading social mobile gaming company. Headquartered in San Francisco and with studios in New York, Portland and Amsterdam, ngmoco creates and publishes games for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android in collaboration with the best and brightest game makers in the world. ngCore technology is patent pending. To find out more about Mobage Smartphone SDK visit https://developer.mobage.com. To witness the lives and minds of the ngmoco team at work on the future of social mobile gaming, visit http://www.ngmoco.com.

About DeNA

DeNA Co., Ltd. is a world-leading online service company, and operates Mobage social gaming platform, social networking services and e-commerce websites. Drawing on its extensive community base and rapidly expanding developer line-ups, Mobage currently serves over 30 million users in Japan with more than 1,500 game titles for smartphones, feature phones as well as PCs. The company generated annual sales of more than 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year ended March 2011. To expand the Mobage platform globally, DeNA is building a presence in the US, Europe and Asia. DeNA is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange (2432). For more information, visit www.dena.jp/intl.