By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
As its big competitor, Mobage operator DeNA (2432), GREE (3632) is still waiting for its first big hit on smartphones. Today, GREE’s new subsidiary “Wright Flyer Studios”, which was established earlier this year, is trying again with a new app. “Ten To Daichi Megami No Mahou” (roughly:...
GREE (3632) yesterday announced the launch of a new studio called “Wright Flyer Studios”, a separate company that was incorporated in Tokyo in February . (Wright Flyer is the name of the world’s first powered aircraft.) The studio is headed by GREE executive Eiji Araki, a member...
It’s not a secret that a lot of the cost blocks across the value chain in mobile gaming have been getting bigger over the last years. This is also true with regards to development. After all, spec bumps in hardware are leading to increased adoption of 3D graphics, games are generally deeper...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
“Epic Voyage”, the joint venture studio GREE studio Wright Flyer Studios formed with LINE last year, has today shown its first app. Dubbed “LINE Tower Rising”, the game will be a casual dungeon crawler with simple graphics and control. The goal is to move from room to room and floor to...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry