Nice win for GREE: The company announced that KDDI au (Japan’s second largest mobile carrier and one of the investors) will sell all Android phones with GREE Market pre-installed on the home screen. As the name suggests, GREE Market makes it possible for users to access GREE services and apps...
Konami’s Social Baseball Game Has 1 Million Users On GREE [Social Games]
Following the launch in March this year, Konami’s “Professional Baseball Dream Nine” social baseball game for GREE has passed the 1 million user mark on June 7. For a few weeks in March and April, Konami boasted the No. 1 (with Dragon Collection) and No. 2 spots on GREE’s...
Dragon Collection: GREE’s No. 1 Social Game Goes Android [Social Games]
Konami landed a mega-hit on GREE with Dragon Collection, a fantasy card game that topped the GREE rankings for an unbelievable 34 consecutive weeks thus far (so much for “video game companies don’t know social”). It was just available on GREE for Japanese feature phones so far...
Browser Sangokushi Mobile: GREE Scores Hit Strategy Game [Social Games]
Strategy games are easy to make social by their very nature, and as such, it’s no big surprise that AQ Interactive has landed a big hit with Browser Sangokushi, a social strategy game set in ancient Japan. The game is playable on a dedicated AQ website, Mixi, and Yahoo Mobage, and now it has...
Destroy Gunners 3D Action Game Lands On GREE [Social Games]
There aren’t too many action games to be found on social gaming platforms, but GREE has Destroy Gunners, a 3D action game for GREE on Android that actually looks pretty good (I myself didn’t have the time to play it yet though). In the game, players control two-legged robots, destroying...
Ys Nexus: GREE Gets Social Version Of Classic RPG Series [Social Game]
Classic RPG series Ys gets a social make-over: GREE announced a special version, a social RPG called Ys Nexus, for their platform (the game has been jointly developed by Index and Nihon Falcom). Ys Nexus features an original story, meaning it’s not a remake of an existing Ys title (see some...