LOS ANGELES—Publisher Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. said it will acquire mobile developer Blue Label Interactive Inc. in an effort to build and distribute cross-platform and other entertainment applications.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Konami hopes to increase its presence on the mobile playground by leveraging its success in the home video game market. The firm’s parent company, Konami Corp., owns an impressive portfolio of franchises including Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania.
“We anticipate that the merger of these two entities will have a synergistic effect on our ability to drive multiple streams of entertainment and infortainment through multiple digital channels,” said Kazumi Kitaue, chief executive officer of Konami Digital Entertainment. “The acquisition of BLI, their technology tools and programming expertise will guarantee that we remain at the forefront of mobile entertainment while concurrently converging mobile, console and online content categories.”
