By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
GREE showcased a total of 34 titles at the Tokyo Game Show today – a pretty solid line-up with the only problem being that 33 of them were either available for a long time already (Doliland, Gang Domination, or Dragon Collection, to name just a few) or unveiled earlier (like Metal Gear Solid...
I had the chance to try out Metal Gear Solid Social Ops at the Tokyo Game Show today, the first social game that’s based on Konami’s hit franchise “Metal Gear”. Metal Gear Solid Social Ops was announced three weeks ago for GREE‘s global platform (release: in fall or...
Square Enix took a long time to finish for their latest social RPG, but at long last, Emperors Saga is now live on GREE for smartphones and feature phones. The game was announced exactly a year ago (even pre-registration started), but reportedly Square Enix wasn’t happy with the quality of...
Puzzle & Dragons, GungHo’s impossibly successful mobile social game, has finally made the move from iOS to Android. Released in the Japanese App Store back in February, the title is one of the first examples of a successful Japanese social game (on smartphones) that’s not distributed...
I don’t think this is surprising to anyone: GREE just announced it has acquired another American company, following Openfeint and Funzio. This time the target was App Ant, a social games studio based in California. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. App Ant has worked together with...
GREE is getting ready for their appearance at the Tokyo Game Show 2012 next week, the second after the event last year. Visitors can expect a keynote speech from GREE CEO Yoshikazu, a brand new GREE first-party title, and a total of 33 games at the company’s booth. Here’s the complete...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry