Mobage in the US absolutely needs more games if it wants to continue to call itself a platform. It’s been over a year after launching the English-language platform on Android (and later on iOS), and the number of titles is still well below 100 – and many of them are first-party games...
Puzzle & Dragons Hits 1.1M Downloads On iOS, International Version Coming Soon [Social Games]
Puzzle & Dragons, the super-popular social RPG for iOS (Japanese iTunes), has passed the 1.1 million download mark, maker GungHo announced today in Tokyo. The game hit 1 million downloads, on iOS and in Japan only, last month. It has been occupying the top grossing position in the App Store for...
New Love Sim: Japan Gets “Gossip Girl” Social Game [Social Games]
Love and dating sim specialist Voltage has announced a pretty interesting new title for the Japanese market. It’s the first time the Tokyo-based (and listed) company uses IP for a game, and it’s a big one. Gossip Girl – New York De Koi No Yokan (Gossip Girl – Anticipation Of...
Current Market Caps. Zynga: $2.3 Billion. GREE: $4 Billion. DeNA: $4.2 Billion. [Social Games]
I said it before, and I say it again: god Mammon sure loves Japan’s social gaming business. And I think this quick update to highlight a comparison (August 18, 2012) between Zynga and their Japanese competitors is well justified: Zynga’s market cap at the NASDAQ currently stands at $2.3...
Here’s The 2nd Japanese TV Commercial For Rage Of Bahamut [Social Games]
Rage Of Bahamut is being advertised on Japanese TV again. As I previously mentioned, TV commercials for social games are not really rare in this country, especially for the Mobage and GREE platforms and selected individual titles. Rage Of Bahamut’s first TV commercial was broadcast in...
Gamescom Video: Gameloft Teases New Social Game Dragon Summoner For GREE [Social Games]
Even though Gameloft operates its own social network for their games (Gameloft Live), the company has partnered up with GREE to release a few titles in which the social element is especially strong. The first such title, Gang Domination, was released a few weeks ago on GREE’s global platform...