By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
When NHN Japan announced its plan to turn messenger app LINE into a platform on July 3, the company showed a list of 3rd-party game providers that are ready to offer smartphone titles linked with the app. Apart from NHN itself, these are the developers: Square Enix Konami Taito Alfa System (a video...
NHN Japan caused a big splash yesterday in Japan when the company announced its bold plans to transform LINE into something like a platform for games, music, coupons, books, news, and tons of other content. In addition, the messenger app itself will become more of a Facebook-type of social network...
During their press conference in Tokyo yesterday, NHN Japan went all-out to promote their super-successful messenger app LINE. Part of the plan is to expand the app to a full-fledged platform for games, coupons, music, and other content – complete with API support for third-party developers...
NHN Japan, the Tokyo-based subsidiary of Korean web powerhouse NHN, gave a big press conference today, and it seems the company is betting high on LINE, its super-successful messenger app. VERY high. Here is a summary of what was unveiled today. Updated stats About 4 weeks ago, NHN said that LINE...
That doesn’t happen very often: GREE has apparently decided to pull the plug on not one but two of their 1st-party games. The first title is Bakumatsu Kingdom, a “historic” war simulation set in the Edo period. GREE released the game just in November last year and shut it down...
This isn’t directly related to social games but should be worth mentioning: video game company SEGA has announced the launch of SEGA Networks, a new subsidiary that will develop games specifically for smartphones and tablets. Sega Networks will be headed by SEGA CEO Haruki Satomi who used to...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry