By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Does Mark Zuckerberg buying a full-page ad on the New York Times and addressing the American nation sound ridiculous? Yes or no, something similar happened in Japan – just with Yoshikazu Tanaka instead of Zuckerberg, and Japanese newspapers like Yomiuri, Asahi or Nikkei instead of the NYT. In...
In September this year, GREE‘s US-based subsidiary GREE International has bought advertising space on a billboard on Highway 101 in San Francisco: Fast forward to December, and GREE is getting more aggressive in attracting talent in the US. Again, the company is planning to double its staff at GREE...
CyberAgent has announced the launch of Animal Land, a city management simulation, on Facebook for the PC. The social game is available in English and can be accessed here. CyberAgent explains: ‘Animal Land’ is a city management game where players must explore land, build houses and shops, and...
During the Infinity Ventures Summit Fall 2011 I attended in Kyoto earlier this week, GREE CFO Naoki Aoyagi took part in a panel discussion on how to bring Asian tech companies to the global market. I have made shots of each slide Aoyagi showed during the event and which you can find below (my...
I am currently attending the Infinity Ventures Summit Fall 2011 in Kyoto, a two-day web/mobile/social gaming industry that takes place twice a year. During this invitation-only event (usually, only C-level executives from Japanese and international tech companies get to take part), one panel...
On November 21, GREE announced it filed a lawsuit against its rival DeNA, seeking damages of at least US$13 million. The claim: DeNA is pressuring third-party game developers into offering social games on Mobage only, leaving GREE out (background). DeNA now announced it has received papers from the...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry