By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
First shown to the public in January 2015, Monster Stadium (“Monsuto Stadium” in Japanese) is now ready for release. Maker Mixi (2121) has announced that the spinoff title to Monster Strike, it’s mega hit action game, will be released in Japan on iOS and Android this Sunday (April...
“Epic Voyage”, the joint venture studio GREE studio Wright Flyer Studios formed with LINE last year, has today shown its first app. Dubbed “LINE Tower Rising”, the game will be a casual dungeon crawler with simple graphics and control. The goal is to move from room to room and floor to...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
Many updates this week, i.e. an overview of the four games that Yahoo Japan subsidiary GameBank announced. Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be...
As I mentioned here on my company blog last September already, no other than Yahoo Japan (4689), the country’s biggest online company, has been planning to enter the mobile gaming business. Fast forward to today, and GameBank, the subsidiary Yahoo Japan set up for its new unit earlier this year, is...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry