By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Konami’s top social game Dragon Collection is now available for download in the US App Store, after a 3-month test drive in Canada. The game didn’t really do that well in Canada, but it seems Konami and its distribution partner GREE are now ready to see how American users react to the...
Konami’s biggest social game Dragon Collection is now counting 7 million registered users, the company announced today. The title is exclusively available on GREE. Dragon Collection was released on GREE on September 14, 2010, meaning it took 780 days to reach the 7 million user milestone. Dragon...
Konami used the Tokyo Game Show 2012 (which ended today) to announce an important milestone: the company says the number of registered users playing their social games has hit 25 million. In Japan, Konami is active across a number of platforms, including Mobage and GREE. It recently rolled out Mixi...
I had the chance to try out Metal Gear Solid Social Ops at the Tokyo Game Show today, the first social game that’s based on Konami’s hit franchise “Metal Gear”. Metal Gear Solid Social Ops was announced three weeks ago for GREE‘s global platform (release: in fall or...
There is already a social gaming platform embedded in Japan’s real-identity social network Mixi (on both the PC and mobile versions), but that’s apparently no reason not to open a second one. Dubbed mixi Park, the new social gaming platform was launched today by Mixi itself and Konami...
I have been admiring the work of Hideo Kojima, the designer behind hit video game franchise Metal Gear, for years. And today, during an event in Tokyo to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the action-adventure series, Kojima took the stage with GREE CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka to announce the first social...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry