By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Smartphones are booming in Japan, and now CyberAgent has announced the “Ameba Smartphone Platform”, which will give developers access to an API to use communication channels Ameba users have, Ameba rankings, pictures posted on blogs etc. With the platform, CyberAgent (obviously) wants...
Big news from DeNA today: just a few minutes ago, DeNA and Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo (58 million customers) announced a partnership that’s nothing short of spectacular. Starting next month, Mobage will be directly linked to Docomo’s i-mode mobile web portal for feature...
DeNA is gearing for up for the launch of an entirely new Mobage (that’s due out in the next few weeks). The company launched the first official Mobage Twitter account earlier today, which you can start following here. The account is Japanese only, but as Mobage will be positioned as a global...
The internationally popular anime and manga series Crayon Shin-chan is getting a social game treatment, courtesy of Mobage. It’s the first time Shin-chan, the hero of the series, appears in a social game. The way the game, dubbed Koi Suru 47, works is as outrageous as the anime: Shin-chan...
Tokyo-based game maker GungHo, the company that entered a joint venture with RockYou and SoftBank in July 2009 in Japan, just released Homerun Hero, a cute social baseball game on Mobage (which has nothing to do with said JV). Needless to say, the game allows users to play against other Mobage...
CyberAgent subsidiary CyberAgent America has released a new iPhone app: dubbed FreeAppKing, the app lets “filters” the AppStore and gives users a variety of apps to choose from, especially those that are free, discounted or on sale. FreeAppKing can be downloaded for free and in English...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry