By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Zynga Japan has been very quiet for a while (the reason being they just weren’t very active or successful in recent months, to say the least), but now the company has rolled out a social RPG with original IP for iOS (Zynga Japan calls it a “Monster Battle RPG”). What’s...
DeNA is clearly more aggressive with regards to the Chinese market than GREE: while GREE’s entry into China is more or less limited to its partnership with Tencent, DeNA China has inked various deals with local companies in the last few months. Now the Mobage operator has added another big...
GREE and DeNA never had a close relationship (to say the very least), but things started getting really ugly – in the public eye- when GREE first sued the Mobage operator back in September 2009. The Nikkei has released this handy overview that lists up all legal disputes between the two arch...
A long battle in court has come to an end (for now): back in September 2009, GREE sued DeNA for infringing the copyright on their hit social game Tsuri Star. The title, a fishing game, was (and still is) one of GREE’s biggest money makers. GREE says DeNA has copied elements like Tsuri...
Following gloops’ Legend Cards on Facebook, Spirit Force from Drecom on iOS, it’s now DeNA/ngmoco that is bringing a successful social card battle game from Japan to English-speaking players. The title in question is Rage Of Bahamut, known in Japan as Shingeki Bahamut. Over here...
Sapporo-based Crypton Future Media, the company behind “virtual star” Hatsune Miku, has released a social game based on the ultra-popular female persona on Mobage. Needless to say, “Hatsune Miku Graphy Collection” is yet another social card game: players are able to collect...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry