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Glu Mobile, Inc. (also known as Glu Games) is a publisher of mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices. Founded in San Francisco, California, in 2001 as Sorrent, Glu has since taken up office in more than four countries. Glu offers products to multiple platforms including iOS, Android, Amazon, Windows Phone and Google Chrome.〔http://www.glu.com/about〕 == History == In December 2004, San Mateo, California-based Sorrent merged with London-based Macrospace. In June 2005 the merged company created a new corporate entity titled Glu. That same year, Greg Ballard replaced Sorrent founder Scott Orr as CEO. In 2006 Glu Mobile acquired iFone and in 2007 it acquired Chinese mobile game producer Beijing Zhangzhong MIG Information Technology Co. Ltd. ("MIG"). In September 2007, Glu Mobile announced the launch of Asteroids for mobile phones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Glu Mobile Inc : Glu Launches Asteroids(TM) on Mobile Phones Worldwide )〕 In March 2008 Glu Mobile acquired San Clemente-based mobile developer Superscape. In January 2010, Niccolo de Masi joined Glu Mobile as the President and CEO. Mr. de Masi was previously CEO at Hands-On Mobile. Since Niccolo's arrival, Glu has transitioned to a freemium business model focused around Glu's original IP. On August 2, 2011, Glu Mobile acquired Griptonite Games. Its staff of 200 "approximately doubles" Glu's internal development capacity.〔http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/126331/Glu_Mobile_Picks_Up_Griptonite_Blammo_After_Narrowing_Losses.php〕 Glu Mobile bought Gamespy Technologies (the entity responsible for GameSpy multiplayer services) from IGN Entertainment in August 2012, and proceeded in December to raise integration costs and shut down servers for many older games, including ''Star Wars: Battlefront'', ''Sniper Elite'', ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' and ''Neverwinter Nights'', with no warning to developers or consumers, much to the outrage of communities of those games. GameSpy Technologies remains operational and has not made any announcements of a pending shutdown; the two GameSpy companies were separate entities and only related by name. Glu mobile is also responsible for shutting down online multiplayer servers for several titles on the Nintendo DS and Wii, such as ''Mario Kart DS'', ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'', and ''Mario Kart Wii''. Glu will shut down the rest of Gamespy effective May 31, 2014. On September 3, 2014, PlayFirst was acquired by Glu Mobile. The official statement from Glu Mobile CEO, Niccolo de Masi, read "We are pleased to officially add PlayFirst to the Glu family and look forward to delivering new DASH products to a worldwide audience," In April 2015, China Tencent agreed to pay $126 Million for 15 Percent Stake in Glu Mobile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glu Mobile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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