Motorola Invests in Mobile Game Publisher Moblyng

Recently, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility announced an equity investment in Moblyng, a popular developer publisher of cross-platform, HTML5-based games aimed both at mobile devices, as well as web-based social networks.

Moblyng has already published a series of mobile titles for devices running under Android, iOS or the webOS platform, as well as games for Facebook. According to the company, its titles were downloaded over 9 million times.

Motorola Mobility also announced that the investment was made through its global, strategic investment arm, Motorola Mobility Ventures.

“Motorola Mobility Ventures seeks out the most innovative and promising new companies in which to invest, and we found a strong synergy between our vision for the future of mobile and Moblyng’s strategic direction,” said Harshul Sanghi, managing director of Motorola Mobility Ventures.

“Moblyng was an early adopter of Android and is an industry leader in using HTML5 to bring cross-platform social gaming experiences to mobile devices. We look forward to accelerating the realization of their vision.”

Moblyng has become known for a series of its own titles, such as m:Racing and Dungeon Quest for the Android platform, as well as for its partnership with leading publishers like Playdom, aimed at expanding their reach to mobile devices and social platforms, including Facebook.

The collaboration with Playdom covered Android versions of Mobsters and Sorority Life, the company notes, adding that it has also worked with WeeWorld for the launch of WeeMee Life.

“As an early Android developer, Moblyng is very excited to work with Motorola Mobility, the leading Android smartphone and tablet provider,” said Stewart Putney, chief executive officer and founder of Moblyng.

“We look forward to working together to bring exciting social gaming experiences to Motorola Mobility’s devices.” Moblyng's games are said to be fun-to-play, and also easy-to-port between social networks and smartphone operating systems.

Motorola Mobility explains that Motorola Mobility Ventures is accompanied by Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital in this financing move.