By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Tokyo-based Genki has announced “Gang Warz” for Mobage for Smartphone, a social game for Android that looks much like a shameless clone of Grand Theft Auto. In the game, players take on the role of a street gang member whose gang battles it out with other Mobage players and who has to...
One of Japan’s most popular online restaurant services, Gourmet Navigator (English website), has announced it landed a significant distribution deal with NTT Docomo. Starting in June, Japan’s biggest mobile carrier will pre-install a dedicated Gourmet Navigator application on...
Japan’s largest price comparison service Kakaku.com has posted its financial results for the last quarter of fiscal 2010 (January to March 2011). Sales, profit, and income have all grown by around 30% year-on-year, driven especially by Kakaku itself and the increasing popularity of restaurant...
Facebook Japan, now with a 3.2 million user base, has closed a nice distribution deal today. KDDI au, Japan’s No. 2 mobile carrier, has announced it will feature Facebook prominently on (almost) all future smartphones from the company (I actually expected this announcement to be made by...
I had my doubts about Facebook Japan‘s growth recently, but now Javier Olivan (Head Of International Growth at Facebook), confirmed that Facebook is growing quite nicely in Japan indeed. In an interview with Nikkei Trendy, Olivan said that Facebook’s growth in Japan has been “very...
Legendary Japanese science-fiction anime Space Battleship Yamato has been turned into a social game and already been made available on GREE, the company announced today. In the game, which is called “Space Battleship Yamato – Battle Cards” and takes place in a Sci-Fi setting...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry