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Tokyo-based gumi, one of the biggest 3rd party social game makers in Japan (and a GREE investee), is ready to go global, it seems. The company has appointed Masaru Ohnogi as the senior executive manager for its foreign business segment. Ohnogi launched gaming company Grest America in the US in 2010...

It’s not only about “protecting” younger players and e-mail reminders when users hit a certain payment cap: GREE also announced a number of countermeasures against “real money trading”, a phenomenon that came to light when users started auctioning off rare virtual...

The gacha-gambling phenomenon, technical glitches, off-platform virtual item trading: Japan’s social gaming giants DeNA and GREE are probably not amused by recent reports in Japanese media, which triggered a discussion whether regulatory measures by the Japanese government are imminent. The...

Legendary video game developer SNK is bringing “SNK Dream Battle” to GREE later this month (pre-registration started already), a title that makes use of IP from the company’s various fighting game series. However, SNK Dream Battle isn’t a fighting but a social card battle...

This is probably interesting for anyone reading this: GREE took part in the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco earlier this month (the company also plans a showing at the E3 in Los Angeles in May). At the GDC, GREE International’s SVP Of Product, Ethan Fassett, delivered a...

Zombie Jombie – that’s the name of GREE‘s first game specifically designed for a non-Japanese audience. It took the company over a year to release a title outside its home market, and following a “stealth” test roll-out in the Canadian App Store, Zombie Jombie hit the...