By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Nikkei Trendy Net posted a pretty interesting 7-page interview with GREE‘s CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka earlier this week (the headline says that social games could become Japan’s next export hit). Here’s a rough summary of what he said in English (the interview is in Japanese only, of...
Something that I think not too many people are aware of: DeNA placed this ad for Mobage on the back cover of Famitsu Mobage, the printed magazine that was released in Japan a few days ago. DeNA plans to launch a rebranded version of its social games platform for smartphones this spring – not...
One of Japan’s largest maker of video games, Capcom, today announced it will enter the global social games market with a spin-off company called Beeline. The new business will initially be geographically focused on Japan and other countries in Asia. Capcom says they are eyeing the smartphone...
CyberAgent is continuing to invest in Asia-based web startups. According to Japanese business daily The Nikkei, CyberAgent just invested US$700,000 in Tokopedia, a Jakarta-based e-commerce start-up. This is the third investment the company received, following rounds involving Indonesia’s PT...
My personal favorite game series of all time, survival horror action legend Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), is getting a social treatment on GREE. Maker Capcom today announced the following details: Title: Biohazard Outbreak Survive Genre: Social Survival Horror Release: June 2011 Platform:...
It’s a hit social game on GREE, and now CyberAgent has announced that COORDE MANIA+ has been ported over to Mixi. In the game, players take on the role of a “fashion coordinator” (essentially a stylist) and dress up avatars with virtual items and accessories (see screenshots...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry