By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Almost 3.5 years after launch, Puzzle & Dragons is still going strong in Japan, generating over US$100 million in sales per month and having crossed 36 million downloads domestically on May 15. Maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) has been doing its best to keep the game alive in recent...
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons is finally going to China, according to press reports circulating in Japan today. Maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) did confirm today there will be a special press event on December 10 that centers on the company’s international plans...
Puzzle & Dragons company GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) had a busy today here in Japan. First, the company announced record numbers for the first three quarters of this year: GungHo’s revenue hit US$1.22 billion between January and September, which is 14.3% up compared to the same...
GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) had a busy day today in Japan. Apart from setting up a new Singapore subsidiary, the Puzzle & Dragons company also sold GGF B.V., a wholly owned holding company based in the Netherlands, to its parent company SoftBank (9984). GGF B.V. was specifically...
Puzzle & Dragons company GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) today announced it plans to launch a subsidiary in Singapore next month. Named “GungHo Online Entertainment Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.” (GAP), the idea is to invest in promising gaming businesses (games and related fields) in...
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons hit 29 million downloads, maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) announced today. The number was reached inside Japan only (on iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle). What’s interesting to note here is that the growth rate, the time it takes Puzzle...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry