By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
CyberAgent, through its US subsidiary CyberAgent America, has released a new iOS game that’s available in English (apart from Japanese). Coin Pusher Mafia [free on iTunes] is essentially a “virtual” version of a medal game that’s especially popular in Japanese arcades...
CyberAgent announced yet another app for the iPhone. This time, it’s ME_HER [iTunes, Japanese only], a “fashion snap” app that lets users view pictures of fashion (and other) items that were taken by female stars in the Ameba network. CyberAgent says the free is especially geared...
Here’s a quick run-down on CyberAgent-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 25, 2011: CyberAgent Ventures opens office in Taipei to serve the Taiwanese market (more info in English here) July 28, 2011: CyberAgent releases financial report...
I spent the last 14 days in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and during that time, these major Japanese social networking/social gaming companies published financial reports (links to all PDFs in English):
CyberAgent: 3Q FY2011
Mixi: 1Q, FY2011
GREE: 4Q, FY2011
DeNA: 1Q, FY2011
CyberAgent announced World Chef today, a social restaurant simulation (in English) on Facebook (it’s actually already available here). The game essentially works like one of the many, many similar restaurant management games out there, but with one catch: it links to another CyberAgent...
CyberAgent, through its subsidiary CyberAgent Ventures (Beijing) Investment Consulting Co., made yet another investment: this time, the company acquired a 25% stake in smartphone game maker EpicForcc Entertainment. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed, but CyberAgent was apparently...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry