By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Dragon Collection, the biggest 3rd-party social game on GREE, is finally getting an English version. Maker Konami released an iOS app in the Canadian App Store on August 21 (it’s not available anywhere else at this point). The company couldn’t resist and write that the game has six...
This is a pretty smart move: GREE announced that they will establish a wholly owned subsidiary that will do nothing but create and sell physical goods based on their social games. Dubbed “GREE Entertainment Products” (tentative), the new company is set to start operations next month. It...
Popular virtual world Ameba Pigg hit 13.1 million users in July, maker CyberAgent announced today (the number was actually revealed in the Q3 report already). Ameba Pigg, which is known as Ameba Pico outside Japan, had 10 million users in September 2011 and 12 million in April 2012. It launched in...
Tokyo Game Show 2011, E3, China Joy, gamescom: GREE appears to see value in setting up booths at game exhibitions around the world. The company today announced it will again participate in the Tokyo Game Show (the 2012 exhibition will take place next month). GREE explains: GREE’s exhibit this...
NHN Japan sure isn’t losing any time regarding their plan to transform social app LINE into a platform. Following games, a set of social networking features, horoscopes, a greeting card app, a drawing app, and a camera app, the company today announced yet another service based on LINE. With...
LINE, the super-popular social app from NHN Japan, is now counting 55 million users, up from 50 million a few weeks ago. According to the company, 25 million users are located in Japan. NHN Japan also discloses that LINE Birzzle, the first social game using the newly introduced LINE platform...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry