Puzzle & Dragons company GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) today announced it plans to launch a subsidiary in Singapore next month. Named “GungHo Online Entertainment Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.” (GAP), the idea is to invest in promising gaming businesses (games and related fields) in...
Puzzle & Dragons Hits 30 Million Downloads In Japan
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons has finally reached the 30 million download mark in Japan, maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) said today. Puzzle & Dragons was released on the Japanese App Store on February 20, 2012. Versions for Android and Amazon Kindle were added later...
Release Calendar For Listed Japanese Mobile Game Companies (As Of Aug. 15)
Here is a calendar of major releases listed Japanese mobile game makers have announced for the coming months: the idea is to track what might be the next big hit in the industry from selected makers. Please note that for various reasons, I focus on native apps currently in production by publicly...
Monster Strike Becomes Japan’s Top Mobile Game, Makes Mixi A US$4 Billion Company
The Monster Strike hype in Japan has no limit, it seems. The action RPG has made Mixi (2121) a US$4 billion company at the Tokyo stock exchange today (US$4.2 billion at 2.30pm Japanese time, to be more exact) – after the share price has risen and risen over the last few days and weeks. So...
Mixi’s Monster Strike Passes 10 Million Downloads
Mixi (2121) today announced that its action RPG “Monster Strike” has passed the 10 million downloads mark on iOS and Android on July 19. The number includes users from Japan and Taiwan: in February, Mixi closed a deal with Tencent to distribute Monster Strike in China, but the game is...
Puzzle & Dragons Hits 29 Million Downloads, GungHo Delays Update Puzzle & Dragons W
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons hit 29 million downloads, maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) announced today. The number was reached inside Japan only (on iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle). What’s interesting to note here is that the growth rate, the time it takes Puzzle...