By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
One day before the disastrous earthquake hit Japan, GREE announced the release of a new potential hit title, namely 100 Man Shin Sangoku Musou (known as Dynasty Warriors in the west). The game series has a 14-year history on consoles. Like many of its console counterparts on, the GREE version is a...
Japan’s mobile social gaming giants continue their global expansion. After having opened an office in San Francisco in January, GREE today announced it will establish offices in Singapore, Beijing and London this spring. In Singapore, GREE acquired a stake in mobile social network mig33 in...
The newest title that has been added to GREE yesterday proves two things: a) big makers of “traditional” console games continue to develop mobile social games, and b) even unusual concepts can be turned into social games. Case in point: Uma Tama. Developed by major video game company...
Facebook is growing in Japan, Twitter is already huge – no surprise that GREE now lets you find and invite friends registered on these social networks with the push of a button. GREE enabled the two new options on its PC and smartphone platforms today. All you need to do is to enter your...
GREE today announced it has scored yet another exclusive social game: following Yakuza and Fist Of The North Star, Electronic Arts has chosen GREE for its first social game to be released in Japan. EA Mobile/Playfish has started offering “Minna No Sim City” (Everybody’s Sim City)...
GREE gets another dating simulation: Koi Cafe Nikki (Love Cafe Diary) is a social game designed for an “adult audience” (but does not offer sexual content). The difference to existing games in this genre is that the female players get to date grown-ups, and not, which is more commen...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry