By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
DeNA today announced the launch of two native iOS apps of their own hit social games Kaito Royale and Nouen Hokkorina (a farming simulation) for Mobage. Both apps are available in Japanese only (Mobage for iOS isn’t available in English yet). App Store downloads: Kaito Royale for Mobage Nouen...
Truth be told, I don’t know what GREE International is thinking here, but it appears GREE‘s US-based subsidiary has bought advertising space on billboards on Highway 101 in San Francisco. It’s just one for the time being, but the company already announced more billboards via...
I could write a book or two about the differences between social gaming in Japan and elsewhere, but one easy and (hopefully) interesting way to take a high-level look at things is the difference in genres (with the biggest difference being that social gaming in Japan is mainly mobile). Generally...
The social gaming boom in Japan has helped Tokyo-based KLab to go IPO at the the “Mothers” section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday (3656). The company received the listing approval on August 23. On the first day of trading, Klab shares shot up from 1,700 yen up to 4,070 yen. On the second...
If there’s proof that foreign social game makers can make it in Japan, it’s probably Rekoo Japan.The Beijing- and Tokyo-based company is now occupying the top three spots on Mixi for the PC with their social games (among those titles that you can play with friends). Here’s the...
DeNA just announced that Sega, as the first domestic game maker, has started distributing titles on Mobage for the Chinese market. Sega launched one Android game in Chinese on Mobage today and is expected to follow up with three more titles next month. What’s interesting is that three of the...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry