By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
GREE continues to move into China: after striking a deal with Tencent, cooperating with The9 via Openfeint and opening an office in Shanghai, GREE has now announced it invested in Ultizen Games. The company has several offices across China, produces social and other games and offers outsourcing...
Here’s a quick run-down on DeNA (Mobage)-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 25, 2011: Five Japanese star game makers decide to create games exclusively for Mobage (article in English) July 27, 2011: DeNA starts offering Mobage worldwide (my...
Here’s a quick run-down on GREE-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): August 4, 2011: GREE gets pre-installed on the world’s first Microsoft Windows Mango phone in Japan (article in English) August 4, 2011: GREE announces a user base of...
It’s hard to believe, but Tamagotchi, the handheld digital pet from Bandai, was launched in Japan way back in 1996. And to commemorate the 15th anniversary, Bandai Namco announced it will turn the pet-breeding concept into a mobile social game and distribute it exclusively on Mobage...
Bandai Namco announced today that their most successful social game, Gundam Royal, has hit 3 million users on Mobage. The cute “space action” game is based on Gundam, a super-popular Japanese anime series. Gundam Royal was launched on Mobage in December, meaning Bandai Namco needed 7...
All companies developing for GREE on smartphones can now theoretically reach out to an additional 50 million customers: mobile community mig33 has today started providing the GREE platform for smartphone to developers (mig33, which is available on feature phones and Android is adopting...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry