I can’t say this is a big surprise: Zynga announced it will release the two original games that its Japanese subsidiary developed so far, Montopia and Ayakashi: Ghost Guild, in the West. Both titles belong to the social card battle game genre and have been released in Japan earlier this year...
Zynga Japan Rolls Out 2nd Social Game With Original IP: Ayakashi – Onmyouroku [Social Games]
Zynga Japan released their second game with original IP yesterday: just like role-playing game Montopia (released in February on iOS and in March on Android), the title is: mobile-only and free to play offered exclusively on smartphones (Android first this time, an iOS version might be launched...
Ransei Ayakashi Emaki: New Social RPG Lands On Mobage [Social Games]
Mobage is getting another nice-looking social role-playing game: Tokyo-based Chunsoft today announced Ransei Ayakashi Emaki, a social RPG that went live today on Mobage. The game takes place in a fantasy world in which three countries are at war with each other. The player takes on the role of a...
Zynga Japan To Close Down Next Month
Zynga Japan will close its office in Tokyo at the end of next month, CEO Kenji Matsubara posted on Facebook today. The move was (kind of) pre-announced back in October by Zynga proper’s CEO Mark Pincus. One month later, Zynga Japan said it will stop supporting three games by today. Here is...
Zynga Japan Shuts Down Three Games, Spares Only One [Social Games]
Is Zynga following through on its announcement to “consider” closing the Tokyo office, after about 2 years of operation in Japan? It looks like it. Zynga Japan will shut down a total of three games on December 21 this year, namely its Pokemon-type social RPG Montopia, Mojitomo (Words...
Zynga Japan Office Might Be Shutting Down Soon [Social Games]
Zynga went on a rampage yesterday and not only killed off over 100 jobs in the US but also “proposed” the closing of its offices in the UK and Japan (full story on TechCrunch). Here’s the part of the company’s official statement that’s related to Zynga’s office...