Tokyo-based gumi is continuing to work on its plan to go global: after opening an office in South Korea this month, the biggest 3rd-party social game provider on GREE (and a GREE investee) just did the same in Singapore. gumi Asia, Pte ltd., was established on April 12 (two days after the Korea...
GREE Partner gumi Opens Office In South Korea [Social Games]
Tokyo-based social game maker gumi has started implementing its plan to go global: the company silently opened an office in South Korea on April 10. gumi is one of the biggest 3rd-party social game providers in Japan (and a GREE investee). In the English press release, gumi explains the first...
Tokyo-Based Social Game Maker gumi Goes Global [Social Games]
Tokyo-based gumi, one of the biggest 3rd party social game makers in Japan (and a GREE investee), is ready to go global, it seems. The company has appointed Masaru Ohnogi as the senior executive manager for its foreign business segment. Ohnogi launched gaming company Grest America in the US in 2010...
FIFA World Class Soccer: EA/gumi’s Soccer Social Game Now Boasts 1.5 Million Players [Social Games]
FIFA World Class Soccer, the social card game launched by Electronic Arts and Tokyo-based gumi in mid-November last year, now has 1.5 million users. The title first knocked off Konami’s Dragon Collection off the top of the GREE charts for a short period of time and took just 25 days to reach...
On GREE: EA/gumi’s FiFA World Class Soccer Racks Up 1 Million Players [Social Game]
Popular social card game FIFA World Class Soccer has racked up one million registered players in just 25 days, as Japanese news site Gamebiz reports today. The title went live last month on GREE and immediately took the top spot in the platform’s popularity ranking (for a limited time). And...
GREE Partner gumi Raises US$26 Million [Social Games]
Tokyo-based social game maker gumi announced it has raised a whopping two billion yen (US$25.7) from a total of six investors today. The fresh money comes from JAFCO, DBJ Capital, Shinsei Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and Tecmo Koei. Gumi says they have now reached a US$154 million post-money...