By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Konami’s social game super hit, Dragon Collection, which is close to being the No. 1 game on GREE for a year straight, has passed the four million user mark. Gamebiz reports that the four millionth player registered for the social fantasy card game/RPG on Monday (September 5). To commemorate...
It’s not really a social game but a good title to have for DeNA in its portfolio: the company today announced the launch of “Space Invaders Infinity Gene LITE” for Mobage. The Mobage version of the legendary shooting game series (Space Invaders looks back at a 33 year-old history)...
If you happen to read this and reside in Japan, chances are you might be interested in the so-called Tofu Project x Open Network Lab day that’s going to take place this Friday (September 9) in Tokyo. The event is sponsored by seed accelerator Open Network Lab and JP Morgan Japan. Here’s...
Knights Of The Crystals, sometimes called a social version of Final Fantasy, has made the jump from GREE on feature phones to smartphones, namely GREE for iOS and Android (the title, a social RPG/card game, has also been available in English on Facebook for months now). Square Enix launched the...
Promotion for social games the DeNA way, part 2: after the pretty cool cooperation with online restaurant service Gourmet Navigator, DeNA is starting a second real-world campaign. This time the company is working together with Japanese electronics retailer chain Bic Camera to promote its hit game...
Truth be told, I don’t quite understand GREE‘s internationalization strategy, but here we go: the company announced dates and locations for a total of five new offices outside Japan. Here’s the full list: GREE Korea (in Seoul, from October 2011) GREE Singapore (from October 2011)...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry