By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Rage Of Bahamut is getting a Korean version. Just like with the Japanese original and the English-language follow-up, maker Cygames has chosen Mobage as the distribution platform. DeNA and their local partner Daum, a major online portal, have started offering Rage Of Bahamut on the jointly operated...
Following Mobage operator DeNA last week, GREE released its financial report for the April-June quarter (Q4 of fiscal 2012) today. The company has seen net sales grow to 40 billion yen (US$510 million), which is up 90% year-on-year. Profit shot up, too, but both sales and profit took a nose dive on...
Gacha, the biggest money-making mechanic in Japan’s social gaming industry, is about to get transformed radically. A sub-form of this electronic draw concept, “kompu gacha” (or “complete gacha”), was regulated by the Japanese government a few weeks ago. The kompu gacha...
Dark Summoner, a mobile social card battle game made by Nagoya-based Ateam, continues to do well. The title was released worldwide on iOS on February 23 this year, on Android on July 18, and hit 1 million downloads on July 27 – after around 170 days. And today Ateam announced that Dark...
Kompu what? DeNA released their financial report for Q1 FY2012 today (April to June 2012), and things are looking pretty good for the company. Apparently, the kompu gacha (complete gacha) shock that hit Japan’s social gaming industry in May, didn’t have that much of an effect on the...
Social card battle game Rage Of Bahamut racked up 3 million players outside Japan, maker Cygames announced today. The Mobage title hit 2 million users outside this country on July 10, meaning it took just 28 days to add the third million. Inside Mobage’s Japanese platform, Rage of Bahamut has...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry