By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
One day before the disastrous earthquake hit Japan, GREE announced the release of a new potential hit title, namely 100 Man Shin Sangoku Musou (known as Dynasty Warriors in the west). The game series has a 14-year history on consoles. Like many of its console counterparts on, the GREE version is a...
Google offers it, now Yahoo Japan offers it, too (on smartphones): voice search. Yahoo Japan Labs today released an iPhone app [iTunes link] on the Japanese App Store that lets users access the site via voice controls. In this video (not embeddable), you can see the user “asking” for...
Japan’s mobile social gaming giants continue their global expansion. After having opened an office in San Francisco in January, GREE today announced it will establish offices in Singapore, Beijing and London this spring. In Singapore, GREE acquired a stake in mobile social network mig33 in...
I am currently in Germany, following a tough trip to Austin (for SXSW 2011) I took after the big earthquake hit Japan: I spent 51 hours at the Tokyo airport, started suffering from sudden hear loss, got “emergency” medical treatment in a hospital near the airport, etc. etc. But...
The newest title that has been added to GREE yesterday proves two things: a) big makers of “traditional” console games continue to develop mobile social games, and b) even unusual concepts can be turned into social games. Case in point: Uma Tama. Developed by major video game company...
Here’s a quick list of all Japan-related panels and parties during SXSW 2011 (also see Paul Papadimitriou’s post). I will be moderating two of the four panels and also plan to visit both parties. PANELS Sunday, March 13, 12.30pm Big in Japan: Outreaching to a unique market Fumi Yamazaki...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry