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Industry January 22, 2014

DeNA and Namco Bandai joint Venture closes

BNDeNA, formed by DeNA and Namco Bandai in October 2011, will close this March. Cooperation between the two leaders of the Japanese market has not led to great results.

Industry January 16, 2014

The mobile release of Final Fantasy VI took place

Square Enix breaks traditions. The company published the sixth part of Final Fantasy on Google Play before the release on the App Store.

Industry December 20, 2013

Nintendo to Release Mobile Games

President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime (Reggie Fils-Aime) announced that the company intends to conduct an experiment with mobile devices.

Industry December 19, 2013

Knights & Dragons earns $5 million a month

GREE has announced that F2P MMOG Knights & Dragons has made a profit of $5 million in 30 days. It took the project seven months to reach this figure.

Industry December 11, 2013

The volume of the Japanese mobile app market is 10% larger than the American one

In terms of revenue from mobile markets, the Country of the Rising Sun has overtaken the United States. This happened thanks to the rapid growth in the number of smartphones and tablets.

Industry December 9, 2013

In Puzzle & Dragons, there is a limit on the amount of money that a user can contribute to the game

Japanese GungHo, which earns about $3.75 million a day on Puzzle & Dragons, announced an unusual initiative.

Industry December 6, 2013

King launched the Candy Crush Saga TV commercial in Japan

Previously, King had already advertised his hit on American channels. Now the mobile giant is conquering Japanese television.

Industry December 4, 2013

Colopl has collected 40 million downloads in 9 months

Japanese publisher Colopl announced that the number of total downloads of the company’s games amounted to 60 million, 40 million of which the company received over the past 9 months.

Other December 3, 2013

Japanese women are looking for love in games

Romantic games for girls (otome sim) are growing in popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun, EDGE reports.

Industry December 2, 2013

Monster Hunter 4 will finance mobile development

Capcom will spend the proceeds from Monster Hunter 4 to create an internal mobile game development studio.

Industry December 2, 2013

The era of classic butlers has come to an end

Butlers in the usual sense have come to an end, according to Japanese market analyst Serkan Toto. JRPGs come in their place.

Industry November 18, 2013

GREE has stopped working on 27 games

Financial difficulties forced GREE to stop developing 27 games, most of which were conducted by Japanese studios. Thus, the company lost $53 million.

Industry November 15, 2013

Nintendo invests in Mobile

The other day it became known about the purchase by Nintendo of part of the shares of Dwango Co, which distributes mobile content. After the transaction, the value of both companies increased.

Industry November 13, 2013

DeNA has released a game messenger

Japanese gaming giant DeNA has launched a messenger that allows gamers to communicate with each other during games distributed within the Mobage platform.

Industry November 8, 2013

Square Enix focuses on mobile development

All studios of the Japanese Square Enix will develop mobile and online titles.

Industry November 8, 2013

In three months, LINE earned $60 million from games

LINE Corporation shared preliminary financial indicators for the 3rd quarter of the current fiscal year.

Other November 5, 2013

GungHo sales started to fall

Along with the slowdown in the popularity of Puzzle & Dragons, GungHo sales began to fall. This does not frighten the Japanese company. She has already brought a new hit to the market.

Industry October 28, 2013

Line plans to enter the stock exchange

One of the world’s largest messengers has announced plans to enter the stock market relatively soon.

Interview October 25, 2013

Casual Connect Kiev 2013: interview with DeNA

On the last day of Kiev Casual Connect, we caught Mo Yang and Yamamoto Aki from DeNA and asked them about the Japanese market.

Industry October 24, 2013

Black Cat led Colopl to a capitalization of $3.4 billion

The Tokyo-based company Colopl recently celebrated two achievements. Firstly, the firm managed to overtake DeNA in terms of market capitalization, reaching an estimate of $3.4 billion. Secondly, it has increased the base of the Wizard & Wiz the Black Cat role-playing game to 10 million people, as analyst Serkan Toto writes in his blog.

All publications by tag «Japan»

DeNA and Namco Bandai joint Venture closes

The mobile release of Final Fantasy VI took place

Nintendo to Release Mobile Games

Knights & Dragons earns $5 million a month

The volume of the Japanese mobile app market is 10% larger than the American one

In Puzzle & Dragons, there is a limit on the amount of money that a user can contribute to the game

King launched the Candy Crush Saga TV commercial in Japan

Colopl has collected 40 million downloads in 9 months

Japanese women are looking for love in games

Monster Hunter 4 will finance mobile development

The era of classic butlers has come to an end

GREE has stopped working on 27 games

Nintendo invests in Mobile

DeNA has released a game messenger

Square Enix focuses on mobile development

In three months, LINE earned $60 million from games

GungHo sales started to fall

Line plans to enter the stock exchange

Casual Connect Kiev 2013: interview with DeNA

Black Cat led Colopl to a capitalization of $3.4 billion