DeNA says the company is part of its strategy to become a well-known game developer in the U.S., so it must see something in the company beyond a one-hit wonder.

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Google hired Gundotra in June, a prize poach of a man who'd spent 15 years running both developer relations and Microsoft's Internet computing strategy.

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"I think people are pretty shocked and surprised" that a deal didn't happen, says Keith Rabois, vice president of strategy and business development at Slide, a Web application developer.

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These actions support our strategy to transition from being a first-party web game developer to a multi-platform game network.

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The developer, HDD Newport Ltd, said it would meet the council's strategy for 35% of new homes being affordable units.

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The strategy is actually quite similar to one that transformed SM group into the Philippines' biggest mall developer.

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Not only are the 3D controls intuitive, but the developer didn't tamper with the normal ones you expect in a ground-based real-time strategy game.

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