By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Japanese video game makers are increasingly going social games, and Capcom hasn’t been an exception. It’s the maker that boasts the most international exposure in the mobile (social) gaming field, thanks to titles like Smurf’s Village and others. In an interview with Bloomberg...
Back in April this, Capcom announced “Biohazard Outbreak Survive”, the first social game of the hit adventure/horror series Biohazard (Resident Evil outside Japan), for GREE on Japanese feature phones. The game was released in June, and now Capcom says it has 1 million registered users...
With over 45 million units sold on various gaming platforms, Resident Evil (Biohazard) is one of the biggest video game franchises in history. In April, maker Capcom announced Biohazard Outbreak Survive, the first social version of the adventure/horror title, for GREE on Japanese feature phones...
Mobage is getting another port of a hit console game: this time DeNA announced that Capcom will release BASARA Mobile, a social game version of its popular game series Sengoku Basara, on Mobage for Japanese feature phones. The game will go live in June, but DeNA says users can already pre-register...
One of Japan’s largest maker of video games, Capcom, today announced it will enter the global social games market with a spin-off company called Beeline. The new business will initially be geographically focused on Japan and other countries in Asia. Capcom says they are eyeing the smartphone...
I was recently interviewed by Joseph Kim (who runs GameMakers and is also the CEO of mobile game studio Lila Games), Brian Peganoff (founder at Timber Advisors) and Matthew Kanterman (Director Of Research at Roundhill Investments) on the Japanese gaming market – with an extra dash of Korean...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry