By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Even before establishing my consultancy Kantan Games, I have been active in the Japanese game industry since around 2008 – and a lot has happened since that time. Now, here is what I believe is one of the first comprehensive overviews in English on Japan’s blockchain gaming industry...
Personal Background: I am a German national and have been based in Tokyo, Japan since 2004 – when I started my PhD studies at Keio University (as a research student). After graduating and working independently for years, I established Kantan Games Inc. in Tokyo in 2013, an independent game...
US-based Niantic Labs, the Google spin-off that Nintendo (7974), The Pokemon Company and Google itself invested US$20 million in back in October, now has a presence in Japan. The company made it into the headlines in the gaming world in September as Nintendo’s chosen partner for the co...
Sorry for this interjection (not a typical blog post), but in case you didn’t already, please feel free to connect with me via the following social media and channels: Email My company’s website (Kantan Games Inc.) LinkedIn Twitter (If you are interested in news about mobile games in...
Supercell, King, Game Insight, Gameloft, Social Quantum, Goodgame, Tencent, Machine Zone, WeMade, Kabam etc. etc.: the list of foreign game makers active in the lucrative Japanese mobile gaming market has sure grown longer and longer over the last months and years. Berlin-based Wooga is next: the...
Rovio Japan, based out of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, is getting a new country director on September 1. Katsumi Oikawa (pictured below) will take over the lead from Antti Sonninen who has been with Rovio proper since 2011 and officially started heading Rovio’s Japan operations in 2012...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry