GREE and Project Goth Partner to Standardize Their Platforms for the Smartphones - Enables Social Application Sharing on a Mobile Community, mig33 with over 47 Million Users -

TOKYO, Japan - April 13, 2011 - GREE, Inc. today announced they have partnered with Project Goth, Inc., the company behind the mobile SNS, mig33, that has over 47 million registered users in Southeast Asia, India, and South Africa. In November 2010, GREE, Inc. purchased privately placed shares newly issued by Project Goth, Inc. for a capital tie-up, and now both parties have agreed to form a partnership to standardize the technical specifications of their platforms for the smartphone market.

GREE, Inc. is offering the GREE Platform for smartphone,*1 which allows GREE developers to provide various smartphone applications to GREE users on GREE. The partnership between GREE, Inc. and Project Goth, Inc. will enable the social applications developed by partners to be compatible on both companies' platforms.

GREE, Inc. has already established alliances with service providers who have extensive experience and know-how in localization, debugging, and verification of Japanese and overseas device functionality. Japanese and oversea GREE partners can thus easily provide applications on the GREE platform and mig33 with improved quality and shorter development cycles. GREE, Inc. has also partnered with the largest Chinese online community service provider, Tencent, to standardize technical specifications of their platforms for the smartphones.

GREE, Inc. continues to support Japanese and overseas developers to easily expand their business globally. With such strategic partnerships, GREE, Inc. aims to provide the best community service which will be used all over the world.

The impact of this announcement on the business performance is currently being analyzed. If we identify that there will be some kind of impact, we will promptly announce it.

*1 A platform in which developers can provide their applications and services, utilizing the GREE for smartphones.

About GREE

GREE, Inc. is a Japanese Internet media company, founded in December 2004, with headquarters in Tokyo that has been operating social network service, GREE. SNS GREE, with over 23 million users, offers a variety of functions that support members' information sharing - such as a profile page, diary, communities, photo sharing and emailing - and serves as a platform that promotes communication and mutual understanding among members. For further information, please visit at http://corp.gree.net/jp/en/.

GREE and the GREE logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of GREE, Inc. in Japan and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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