By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
“Mobagetown” is no more: earlier today, DeNA‘s rebranding of its mobile social game platform to just “Mobage” (short for mobile games) came into effect. In addition, Yahoo Mobagetown, the PC social gaming site DeNA operates in cooperation with Yahoo Japan, is now...
Nico Nico Douga or YouTube Japan? Major Japanese tech news outlet ITmedia updated its site again with new market data that helps to understand what video sites are the most popular in the country. The new numbers from Tokyo-based research firm Video Research Interactive highlight that in Japan...
Malaysia finally gets an incubator for startups: much like Y Combinator, TechStars, or Seedcamp, the aim of Grey Attic is to create eight to ten investment-ready businesses per year. If things go as planned, there will be up to two intakes a year, with a cap of six startups per batch. The programs...
Mixi, Japan’s largest social network, has never invested too much work in its official iPhone app [iTunes link]. The app provided a terrible user experience, but after Mixi launched “Mixi Touch” in September (a touch control-friendly mobile site), that wasn’t a big problem...
I received the confirmation that I am lucky to be holding a keynote presentation at the APAC Mobile Leaning Conference 2011 in Bandung, Indonesia (June 8-9). My topic will likely be “Mobile Learning In Japan”, which is not really surprising given my background. You can register for the...
CyberAgent (its subsidiary Sumzap, to be more precise) has just announced the launch of social game Karisuma Shachou No Ketsudan (Determination of a charismatic company president) on Mobage for Japanese feature phones. Two things are special about this this title: Karisuma was designed by famous...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry