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...
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons has finally reached the 30 million download mark in Japan, maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) said today. Puzzle & Dragons was released on the Japanese App Store on February 20, 2012. Versions for Android and Amazon Kindle were added later...
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...
After quite a long time, Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) has released a new mobile game in Japan today, Picotto Kingdom. In contrast to recent GungHo games like Summons Board or Divine Gate however, this title is not “original” but based on Picotto Knights...
Tokyo-based mobile gaming behemoth Colopl (3668) today announced its flagship app “Quiz RPG: World Of Mystic Wiz” racked up 26 million downloads within Japan. The new milestone was reached on May 31. Quiz RPG stood at 17 million users at the beginning of this year. It seems to be just a matter of...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry