By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Following gloops’ Legend Cards on Facebook, Spirit Force from Drecom on iOS, it’s now DeNA/ngmoco that is bringing a successful social card battle game from Japan to English-speaking players. The title in question is Rage Of Bahamut, known in Japan as Shingeki Bahamut. Over here...
CyberAgent, through its subsidiary CyberAgent Ventures, invested in Vietnam-based smartphone game maker Colorbox (terms of the deal weren’t disclosed). The startup was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City. This is CyberAgent’s second deal with a game maker in a row:...
CyberAgent is continuing to expand its social gaming business. The Japanese web powerhouse, which is currently listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a US$1.9 billion market cap, has acquired a majority stake in Tokyo-based R-Force Entertainment. The Tokyo-based game maker has been around since...
CyberAgent had an excellent first financial quarter in fiscal 2012 overall, and in the gaming/Ameba segment in particular. The company also shared plans for its gaming business in the next few months during the earnings call. It seems CyberAgent is determined to push more aggressively into the...
CyberAgent‘s financial results as a whole are very positive for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, but what about (social) games in particular? The company has quite a few social game companies under its roof, namely Cygames Inc., CyberX Co., Ltd., Sumzap, Inc., and GCREST, Inc., etc. There...
CyberAgent released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 in English, and in a nutshell, things are looking very good for the Ameba operator. The company summarizes its financial performance in that time frame as follows: Net sales reached 32,146 million yen (up 11.7% from the...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry