By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
I’m a big fan of PopCap’s tile-matching puzzle game series (and money-printing machine) Bejeweled and was excited to hear today that GREE added a new version of the game to their platform. Bejeweled Legend is an entirely new addition to the franchise, exclusively available for players...
GREE has announced it has inked a deal with 2K Games to bring Sid’ Meier’s Pirates! and Civilization to the company’s global platform. Both titles are being developed in 2K’s studio in China and have no release date yet. What I find weird is that GREE only issued a press...
GREE has released details about their booth at the upcoming E3 in LA, after announcing their presence at the show back in February. Between June 5 and 7, GREE is planning to showcase a total of 26 games (including some new ones) and staff the booth with some high-level executives. The E3 lineup...
Thank god it’s Friday (and the end of the trading week) for Mobage operator DeNA and GREE: both stocks got hammered again at the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, closing a terrible five trading days overall. Investors apparently sold the stocks as a response to margin calls – this is...
The social game industry in Japan is rather a “social card battle game industry” at the moment: the number of titles belonging to this genre over here is ridiculously high, and there is no end in sight. In case you need background: my description of Japanese social card battle games can...
It was about time: super-popular action manga Naruto will be turned into a mobile social game, and it’s GREE that has scored the licensing rights.Tentatively named “NARUTO×GREE”, the social card battle RPG will hit GREE for feature phones next month, followed by a smartphone...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry