By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry

Kantan Games Inc. CEO Blog – From Tokyo, Japan

By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry

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Social Games: Mixi Launches Joint Venture With CyberAgent

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Big news from Japan’s social gaming world today: Mixi just announced Grenge, a joint venture to be launched with CyberAgent (Ameba), to produce social games: Japan’s social apps boom isn’t ending: Today, two of the country’s biggest web companies, namely Mixi and CyberAgent, announced they...

GREE Adds 15 Social Games To Its Smartphone Website

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GREE accelerates its smartphone development. The mobile social games company just announced 15 new games by third-party developers have been added to its Android/iPhone-optimized mobile website. Partners include companies like Sega, gumi and Tonchidot (full list in Japanese here). More information...

Nifty Helps Japan’s Social Gaming Startups To Go Global

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Japanese web company Nifty (3828) plans to capitalize on Japan’s social games market boom. Nifty today said it will help local social game developers to offer their titles outside Japan. Services will include cloud computing and support in local payment solutions, translations and advertising...

GREE Starts Hiring International Staff

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It looks like GREE is following up on their announcement from last summer to accelerate its internationalization efforts. The company just set up a special job section on their official website, looking for people to hire all over the globe (engineers, smartphone developers, HR managers, PR people...

By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry