Hit video game series “Professor Layton” is getting a new social version: DeNA today announced “Professor Layton and Seven Thieves of the Century”, a social game that Mobage users in Japan can pre-register for starting today (a launch date isn’t fixed yet). This is the second...
No More Heroes: Suda51’s 3D “Social Assassin Battle Game” Hits Mobage [Social Games]
It took a long time, but months after DeNA announced it has secured the talent of high-profile game maker Goichi Suda (aka Suda51), the first title is finally out. Available for Mobage on Android and in Japanese only, No More Heroes – World Ranker is marketed as a “social assassin...
DeNA Rolls Out Another “Next-Gen” Social Game: Souken No Cross Edge [Social Games]
Social RPG “Guilty Dragon”, social shooting game “Macross SP Deculture” and social RPG “Valkyries In The Twilight”: the list of what DeNA calls next-generation games for Mobage is getting longer. Yesterday the company released yet another title that’s being...
A 3D Ninja Gaiden Game Is Coming To Mobage [Social Games]
Legendary video game series Ninja Gaiden is getting the social treatment. Maker Koei Tecmo announced “1 Million People’s Ninja Gaiden” for Mobage yesterday, a mix between 3D action and social card battle game. Players will take on the role of ninja Ryu Hayabusa (who is also the...
Tokyo-Based Axel Mark To Bring Social Games To The US – Via Mobage [Social Games]
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...
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...