By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
DeNA has added a new title on Mobage to its main proprietary sub-brand for social games, the “Royal” series (the most popular title being Kaitou Royal), today. Story-wise, “Teikoku Royal”, which is designed as a social adventure game, takes place somewhere in the...
Mixi released the earnings result for the full fiscal year 2010 on its website. According to the report, Mixi now has 23.37 million users, saw sales growing 24.1% year-year-on-year, and operating income growing 22.5%.
The entire report can be downloaded in English from here.
The saga between Rakuten and major Japanese TV broadcaster TBS has finally come to an end. After years of battling out in court (and on the Tokyo Stock Exchange), TBS has bought back Rakuten’s entire 19.94% stake yesterday. The purchase ended a capital partnership, which began back in 2005...
GREE posted the financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal (that ends for GREE on June 30, 2001) on its website. In a nutshell, things are looking very good: net sales per quarter, operating profit, ordinary profit, and net income are up at least by 51% year-on-year. Download...
Mobage may have just added Star Girls to its social games catalog, but last week, an idol raising game also found its way to GREE. Dubbed “Love Kyun! Idol Battle”, the title lets GREE users take on the role of a producer in an artist agency. Players need to choose girls with potential...
Games, in which players have to train “idols” (stars) to rise to fame and fortune, are quite popular in Japan. Nagoya-based Ateam has just release Star Girls on Mobage, a social game that lets players take on the role of a music manager. The goal of the game is to choose a girl with...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry