By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
GREE and DeNA never had a close relationship (to say the very least), but things started getting really ugly – in the public eye- when GREE first sued the Mobage operator back in September 2009. The Nikkei has released this handy overview that lists up all legal disputes between the two arch...
A long battle in court has come to an end (for now): back in September 2009, GREE sued DeNA for infringing the copyright on their hit social game Tsuri Star. The title, a fishing game, was (and still is) one of GREE’s biggest money makers. GREE says DeNA has copied elements like Tsuri...
Following gloops’ Legend Cards on Facebook, Spirit Force from Drecom on iOS, it’s now DeNA/ngmoco that is bringing a successful social card battle game from Japan to English-speaking players. The title in question is Rage Of Bahamut, known in Japan as Shingeki Bahamut. Over here...
Sapporo-based Crypton Future Media, the company behind “virtual star” Hatsune Miku, has released a social game based on the ultra-popular female persona on Mobage. Needless to say, “Hatsune Miku Graphy Collection” is yet another social card game: players are able to collect...
GREE announced they have fixed the glitch in doliland and made it possible for all players to use the card trading function again. A glitch in their top social game and No. 1 money maker, which was made public a few days ago, made it possible for two players to copy rare cards and sell them off...
Nice win for GREE today: the company announced a deal that has the potential to be worth more than DeNA scoring the rights for the Infinity Blade social game. GREE is teaming up with Ubisoft to bring Assassin’s Creed, one of the most successful video game franchise of the last years (38...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry