By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
CyberAgent (4751) is not only operating one of Japan’s biggest blog and social networks (Ameba) or producing mobile games (Rage Of Bahamut should be the most famous title outside Japan). The company is also Japan’s biggest online ad provider, offering a whole array of products on...
One current trend to be observed Japan’s mobile gaming industry is that the era of the classic card battler genre is coming to an end. In its place, “classic” RPGs with a card battle and other social elements are starting to pop up as of late, often with impressive production...
Back in September 2011, I first made my opinion public that both Mobage operator DeNA as well as GREE will not be able to replicate the tremendous success they have seen in Japan elsewhere, that Japan was unique. That was the time when both companies made a big push to bring their platforms into...
As far as headcount is concerned, GREE has been growing rapidly in recent months in the US (you can use the “hires” tag provided by tech blog Inside Mobile Apps to keep track of the company’s development on that front). But it seems like the hiring spree has just been put on hold...
DeNA released their financial report for Q2 FY2012 today, and in a nutshell, things are looking pretty good for the Mobage operator. The last quarter is the first in the history of the company in which sales topped 50 billion yen (50.3 billion yen/US$627 million). Operating profit stood at a...
DeNA today announced it has teamed up with Yahoo Kimo to bring Mobage games to Taiwan (Yahoo Kimo is Yahoo’s brand name in that country). The company also says that it has made Mobage available in Traditional Chinese to reach users in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. DeNA explains: As part of the...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry