By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Something that I think not too many people are aware of: DeNA placed this ad for Mobage on the back cover of Famitsu Mobage, the printed magazine that was released in Japan a few days ago. DeNA plans to launch a rebranded version of its social games platform for smartphones this spring – not...
CyberAgent announced it has released a new social game on Mobage this week, a “social office worker simulation” called Gyakuten Salaryman. Not too surprisingly, the player takes on the role of an office worker in the game and is supposed to raise in the ranks as fast as possible. For...
DeNA has partnered up with major Japanese TV station Fuji TV to develop a very special social game for Mobage: Ōoku is based on the TV show (a drama series) of the same name and which centers on the harem of Edo Castle, “the section where the women connected to the reigning Shogun...
In December 2010, Japan-based publisher Eastpress started distributing Appli Style, the first (printed) magazine on social games in the world. And now DeNA, or rather its social games platform Mobage, gets its own magazine, too. The so- called Famitsu Mobage has 96 pages (published by Enterbrain)...
DeNA and GMO Internet Group have announced the launch of a cloud computing service aimed at Japan-based social game developers that want to bring their games to international markets, especially the US. Both companies have started offering a similar service for the Japanese market as early as...
Disney hasn’t only entered CyberAgent’s Ameba Piggu virtual world, they just inked a deal with DeNA, too. Disney MyLand is a social themepark simulation game, which features the company’s iconic characters (and which is already available on Mobage). The goal of the game is to...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry