By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
CyberAgent today announced its main Internet platform, Ameba, is now counting a whopping 13 million members. In fact, Ameba hit this mark one month ago, on January 5. One factor driving growth for CyberAgent is the aggressive TV advertising campaign the company started in the fall of last year and...
It’s been known for a while now that Colopl (3668) added another hit to its already impressive app portfolio this summer. The game in question is called White Cat Project (Shiro Neko Project), an action RPG that is Japan-only at this point and available F2P on Android since July 14...
Colopl (3668), the Tokyo-based company which I recently profiled as the biggest mobile game maker you never heard of, is on a roll. The stock has been going up and up as of late, making Colopl reach a staggering US$3.4 billion market cap today at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it was even higher a few...
Every once in a while, I am seeing alarmist tweets or reports that indicate the number of Facebook users in a certain territory has “dramatically dropped” in a very short period of time. In the case of Japan, the last time this made the rounds in social media and elsewhere was in June...
New mobile gaming startups are a very rare sight these days in Japan, but earlier this week, a studio called “Alim” officially appeared on the scene. Based in Tokyo, the company actually registered in March already and just received investment from gumi Ventures, B-Dash Ventures, and...
The hype around Japan’s most popular mobile game Puzzle & Dragons, which is estimated to generate a mind-blowing US$62-86 million per month (or more) in sales, continues. According to maker GungHo, the RPG/puzzle hybrid now boasts 12 million registered players in Japan (the company...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry