Social games news roundup: GREE gets an award, SGN teams up with Betable and Canimals come to Facebook

GREE named “Best Social Games Service Provider”— Social mobile platform GREE was honored at the Mobile Entertainment Awards 2012 with the award for Best Social Games Service Provider. Other candidates for the award included Star Arcade, DeNA, Playphone, Tequila Mobile and Papaya Mobile

SGN partners with Betable— Social mobile developer SGN this week announced a partnership with Betable, the platform that allows develoeprs to easily integrate real-money gameplay into titles. The partnership will allow SGN to enable real-money gambling in some of its mobile titles overseas, starting in early 2013.

Cantasia arrives on Facebook [Launch]—The Popular animation and kids’ brand Canimals came to Facebook this week in the form of new app Cantasia.