By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Here is an update on the status quo of the Japanese market for tablets: according to a report issued by IDC Japan today, domestic tablet shipments increased 19.3% year-on-year to 1.97 million units in the second quarter of 2014. The research firm says that one of the main reasons for the plus is...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
Yahoo Japan (4689), the country’s biggest online company, is entering the smartphone game publishing business. The news started making the rounds over here after this recruitment page went online, where the company is looking for game producers, designers, planners, and a whole range of other...
Here is an updated calendar of major free-to-play native apps that publicly traded Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months. Please note that these titles can be modified, canceled, or released at any given time. The list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, as games can...
Malaysian media conglomerate Astro is organizing the inaugural #GoInnovate event in Cyberjaya (near the capital Kuala Lumpur) next month, and I was given the chance to hold a presentation about mobile gaming during the conference. The event consists of three parts: Hackathon Mobile Games Conference...
Monster Strike, the mega hit game from Mixi (2121), is finally scheduled to get more international versions. Outside Japan, the app is only available in Taiwan so far. As Mixi’s distribution partner in China, Tencent has opened a Chinese Monster Strike site in late July but hasn’t...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry