DeNA’s CEO Sees Facebook, Zynga as Potential Partners

DeNA Co., Japan’s biggest developer of social games for mobile phones, may partner with Facebook Inc. or Zynga Game Network Inc. as the company seeks to expand overseas, Chief Executive Officer Tomoko Namba said.

“There’s a real possibility of a marketing alliance with Facebook to grow our customer base, because they focus on real-world connections between people while we target virtual relationships,” Namba said in an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 9. “Zynga could be a potential partner as a game developer for our platform,” she said, without giving further details.