By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
It’s not a secret that GREE has been outpacing DeNA in recent months: the market cap today at the Tokyo Stock Exchange for DeNA stood at US$4.9 billion (DeNA stock soared today), while GREE reached US$7.8 billion. Nikkei Online has tried to visualize the race between the two rivals in recent...
Action social games are pretty rare – reason enough for me to highlight a new entry in this genre in Japan, “Shuriken Smaaash” from Tokyo-based developer Nijibox. Another reason the game stands out is that it has been released on Mobage in the form of native apps, for Android and...
FIFA World Class Soccer, the social card game launched by Electronic Arts and Tokyo-based gumi in mid-November last year, now has 1.5 million users. The title first knocked off Konami’s Dragon Collection off the top of the GREE charts for a short period of time and took just 25 days to reach...
One Piece Grand Collection, the social game based on the popular manga/anime series One Piece, now has 2 million registered users on Mobage. The title was launched by DeNA partner Namco Bandai just 17 days ago. It took the social figure collection game, which features various characters from One...
DeNA has released their financial report for Q3 FY2011 (October-December 2011) today, and the Mobage operator has no reason to be happy. Sales went up 16% year-on-year to 34.153 billion yen (US$445 million) – but that’s about the only positive key figure. All other numbers, first and...
Following One Piece and Final Fantasy Brigade, Mobage is about to get another super-hit game soon: DeNA announced Doraemon Hokkorina for spring this year, a social game based on the popular cartoon series Doraemon. Doraemon was first released as a manga in 1969, then turned into an anime series and...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry