By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
The Nikkei caused a big splash two weeks ago when the business daily broke the news that Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo (around 60 million subscribers) is planning to enter the social gaming business. The information available back then was relatively thin, but Docomo...
Love and dating sim specialist Voltage has announced a pretty interesting new title for the Japanese market. It’s the first time the Tokyo-based (and listed) company uses IP for a game, and it’s a big one. Gossip Girl – New York De Koi No Yokan (Gossip Girl – Anticipation Of...
CyberAgent finally rolled out its long awaited social gaming network, which is directly positioned against GREE and DeNA‘s Mobage on the Japanese market. The network, which has no distinct brand name, is the biggest competitor GREE and Mobage are seeing since Mixi opened its site to game...
Japanese social gaming industry blog “Social Game Info” posted an interesting chart today. The overview sheds a light on the financial performance of Japan’s six listed third-party social game developers on a quarter-on-quarter basis. The companies are: Voltage (focuses on social...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry