By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Mobage is getting another port of a hit console game: this time DeNA announced that Capcom will release BASARA Mobile, a social game version of its popular game series Sengoku Basara, on Mobage for Japanese feature phones. The game will go live in June, but DeNA says users can already pre-register...
Big news from DeNA today: just a few minutes ago, DeNA and Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo (58 million customers) announced a partnership that’s nothing short of spectacular. Starting next month, Mobage will be directly linked to Docomo’s i-mode mobile web portal for feature...
DeNA is gearing for up for the launch of an entirely new Mobage (that’s due out in the next few weeks). The company launched the first official Mobage Twitter account earlier today, which you can start following here. The account is Japanese only, but as Mobage will be positioned as a global...
Something that I think not too many people are aware of: DeNA placed this ad for Mobage on the back cover of Famitsu Mobage, the printed magazine that was released in Japan a few days ago. DeNA plans to launch a rebranded version of its social games platform for smartphones this spring – not...
Here are just a few key points (there is a lot more): Internationalization: As even the Japanese social gaming market is limited, both DeNA and GREE have to internationalize quickly. DeNA has decided to take the M&A route, as can be clearly seen by them acquiring ngmoco for $400 million plus a...
DeNA has partnered up with major Japanese TV station Fuji TV to develop a very special social game for Mobage: Ōoku is based on the TV show (a drama series) of the same name and which centers on the harem of Edo Castle, “the section where the women connected to the reigning Shogun...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry