By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Back in April this, Capcom announced “Biohazard Outbreak Survive”, the first social game of the hit adventure/horror series Biohazard (Resident Evil outside Japan), for GREE on Japanese feature phones. The game was released in June, and now Capcom says it has 1 million registered users...
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...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry