Tokyo-based Klab played a major role in the “kompu gacha” shock story that rocked the Japanese social game industry in the last week. The company is one of Japan’s biggest 3rd-party social game makers and developed titles on Mobage, Yahoo-Mobage, Mixi, GREE, and Nico Nico Douga. KLab got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index in September last year and reported yesterday it…
It has become quiet about Yahoo-Mobage, the PC-based social gaming platform Yahoo Japan (the country’s biggest website) and DeNA launched in October 2010, in recent months. But now Yahoo Japan, on its company blog, says that the platform has reached the 7 million registered user mark. It took Yahoo Mobage: 51 days to get to…
Klab acquired Tokyo-based social game maker Dream Laboratory, the company announced today. Dream Laboratory was founded in 2006, currently employs 19 people, and offers games on Mobage and Yahoo Mobage. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but given the current talent crunch in Japan’s gaming industry, I am assuming this was an acqui-hire more than…
Tokyo-based (and listed) social game maker Index announced that Persona 3 Social, the social version of the classic RPG series, has crossed the 1 million user mark. The players are spread over Persona 3 Social on Mobage (feature phone only), GREE (smartphone and feature phone), and Yahoo Mobage on the PC. One million users isn’t…
Klab has ported its soccer-themed social game Captain Tsubasa to GREE, a few weeks after the title crossed the 1.5 million user mark on Mobage. The company has probably paid quite a few yen to acquire the license for the famous soccer anime and manga from the 1980s, which means the port isn’t really surprising. It’s now available on…
The number isn’t impressive as Konami’s, but Tecmo Koei is now counting a total of five million registered players for their social games offered on GREE, Mobage, and Yahoo Mobage. The “traditional” video game maker is seeing a 27% profit margin in the online and mobile gaming segment. Last fiscal, profit coming from social games…
Sega announced that Phantasy Star, one of the most successful RPG series of all time, has been released on Yahoo Mobage, Yahoo Japan’s and DeNA‘s PC-based social gaming platform. The Flash-based social version is called “Phantasy Star – Eternal Planets”, with Sega saying it takes place in the worlds of the two Phantasy Star games…
Yahoo Mobage, the PC-based social gaming platform on Yahoo Japan, has reached 6 million users. The joint venture was set up by Yahoo Japan and DeNA in October 2010. It took Yahoo Mobage: 51 days to get to the first million members 53 more days to add another one million another 61 days to reach…