By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Dragon Collection, a social card battle game on GREE, is nothing but a phenomenon. Not only has maker Konami paved the way for an the biggest genre in Japan’s social gaming market right now, the title also boasts a very long life cycle (for example, it’s still No. 2 in GREE’s...
Konami is (again) linking a social game with an arcade title: the company has released a social game called Hunter Chronicle which works in conjunction with Steel Chronicle, an action game released in Japanese arcades last year. Konami explains: Its counterpart, “HUNTER CHRONICLE,” is a...
The arcade game business is way past its prime in Japan, too, but some there are still quite a few arcades and some big name makers keep making machines for them. One of these makers is Konami: the company is planning to launch “BASEBALL HEROES 2011 SHINE STAR”, a so-called...
In September 2010, it wasn’t a social gaming company but Konami that triggered the biggest boom in the history of this new industry (in Japan): social card battle games. The title in question is Dragon Collection, which has over 7 million players in Japan and is still doing well on GREE...
Konami’s top social game Dragon Collection is now available for download in the US App Store, after a 3-month test drive in Canada. The game didn’t really do that well in Canada, but it seems Konami and its distribution partner GREE are now ready to see how American users react to the...
The newest title that has been added to GREE yesterday proves two things: a) big makers of “traditional” console games continue to develop mobile social games, and b) even unusual concepts can be turned into social games. Case in point: Uma Tama. Developed by major video game company...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry