By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
CyberAgent continues to expand its social gaming business: the company announced “Oide yo! Ramenya-san” for Mixi today, a ramen restaurant simulation. It’s actually the second game of its kind for CyberAgent: there’s also a very similar ramen restaurant simulation on Mobage...
CyberAgent is counting 8 million users in its virtual world Ameba Pigg (latest stat available, for June 12), and the company is now stepping up efforts to add more and more features to it. Apart from linking social games from the company’s catalog to Ameba Pigg, another way is to integrate...
CyberAgent has announced it started offering its hit game Twinkle Bar on Mixi Touch (the smartphone browser version of Mixi) and Ameba Mobile. The title, a bar management simulation, has racked up 2 million users on Mixi Mobile (Mixi on feature phones) in about a year. On Ameba Mobile (Ameba on...
CyberAgent has announced the establishment of Cygames, a 100% subsidiary focused on producing apps for the PC and smartphones. There isn’t much known about the new company, but given the name, Cygames will probably create games for the platform. CyberAgent does day that Cygames is based in...
CyberAgent continues its South East Asian investment spree: through subsidiary CyberAgent Ventures the company acquired a 20% stake in Vietnam’s top Internet search advertising agency Clever Advertising. Further details of the deal weren’t disclosed. CyberAgent says that 30% of...
Back in January, Mixi announced they will co-launch a social gaming venture with CyberAgent, with both companies having followed up one month later with some additional details. Fast forward to June, and Grenge has just rolled out their first social game. Mogu Mogu Restaurant, a restaurant...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry