It’s not a big surprise: MySpace Japan will close its office early next year, according to Japanese news site IT Media. According to the report, MySpace in the US will manage the Japanese version starting February 1, 2012. MySpace Japan was established as early as November 2006, but the...
Socialbakers Shows Facebook Now Has Over 6 Million Users In Japan [Social Networks]
Facebook Japan now boasts over 6 million registered users, if you believe the newest data coming from social media analytics service Socialbakers. To be more concrete, Facebook counts 6,267,540 registered Japanese members – again, according to Socialbakers. In other words, Facebook added...
On GREE: Capcom’s Biohazard Outbreak Survive Gets Smartphone Version [Social Games]
It took them a while, but Capcom has finally rolled out the smartphone version of Biohazard Outbreak Survive on GREE (Biohazard is the Japanese brand name for Resident Evil, Capcom’s super-popular horror action game series). The social game version was first launched on GREE for Japanese...
MissionGate: Index Opens “France’s First Social Gaming Platform” [Social Games]
Tokyo-based Index has announced the launch of MissionGate, which is “France’s first social gaming” platform, according to the company. Why would a Japanese mobile contents provider open such a platform in France of all places? The answer is simple: back in 2004, Index bought a...
Tecmo Koei Boasts 5 Million Users For Social Games On GREE And Mobage [Social Games]
The number isn’t impressive as Konami’s, but Tecmo Koei is now counting a total of five million registered players for their social games offered on GREE, Mobage, and Yahoo Mobage. The “traditional” video game maker is seeing a 27% profit margin in the online and mobile...
BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL: Konami Rolls Out Yet Another Social Game [Social Games]
Fired up by healthy sales numbers last quarter, Konami is continuing to churn out social games: the company announced BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL for Mobage on feature phones (official website). The new title is based on a Japanese high school manga from the 1980s – and it’s yet another social...