By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
As announced two weeks ago, DeNA started rolling out Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Mobage today, a social role-playing game that’s based on the hit anime of the same name. The game, which takes place in the same setting as the anime, is initially available for Mobage on Japanese feature...
DeNA today announced they opened an office in South Korea on June 13. DeNA Seoul Co., Ltd. is being led by Makoto Haruta who joined the company as early as 2000 and was the CFO – until DeNA did away with titles for their executives a few months ago (he is now listed as Director and Chairman)...
One big trend in Japan’s social gaming industry is that local video game makers, from smaller developers to listed companies, are starting to produce more and more social games for GREE, DeNA, and Mixi. Japanese business daily The Nikkei recently investigated how successful three major video...
With over 45 million units sold on various gaming platforms, Resident Evil (Biohazard) is one of the biggest video game franchises in history. In April, maker Capcom announced Biohazard Outbreak Survive, the first social version of the adventure/horror title, for GREE on Japanese feature phones...
CyberAgent is counting 8 million users in its virtual world Ameba Pigg (latest stat available, for June 12), and the company is now stepping up efforts to add more and more features to it. Apart from linking social games from the company’s catalog to Ameba Pigg, another way is to integrate...
CyberAgent has announced it started offering its hit game Twinkle Bar on Mixi Touch (the smartphone browser version of Mixi) and Ameba Mobile. The title, a bar management simulation, has racked up 2 million users on Mixi Mobile (Mixi on feature phones) in about a year. On Ameba Mobile (Ameba on...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry