Yahoo! Japan And DeNA Strengthen Its Business Alliances “As Well”

As I wrote yesterday on Yahoo! Japan-Gree’s business tie-up announcement. The new Yahooo! Japan board seems to be really good on diplomacy, timing two social game giants Gree and (DeNA’s) Mobage. Today, DeNA announced a business collaboration expansion with Yahoo! Japan, which is similar with the Gree’s one on November 8th. TOKYO – November 9,… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan And DeNA Strengthen Its Business Alliances “As Well”

Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield

DeNA, a Japanese web company runs a huge social gaming platform Mobage and mobile auction service Bidders, announced today that they had released a new messaging app/platform Comm. It is a free call app by which you may call from/to 204 countries. The app also supports messaging with “stamps” and photo-sharing. Different from Mobage, Comm… Continue reading Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield

Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership

Nikkei Business Online, an online version of business magazine under Nikkei group, on May 15 after the midnight reported that Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networking service, a direct local competitor of Facebook, is on the table to sell itself. Some social networking competitors, such like Gree and DeNA(who runs Mobage), who had turned… Continue reading Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership

Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha

A communication council of 6 major Japanese social gaming platforms – Gree, DeNA(Mobage), Cyber Agent, Mixi, NHN Japan and Dwango – just released that they would not release new games having Kompu Gacha any more. Kompu Gatcha in current games will be also terminated by the end of this month. From this morning, Klab (major… Continue reading Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha

Coverage of Mobage Open Platform Forum 2012

Last Wednesday 25th took place the annual Mobage Open Platform Forum. A huge event, with hundreds of attendees and lots of presentations. Still, the most interesting points were related with the need of making Japanese mobile social games global. The message from DeNA to the developers was crystal clear: go abroad and go ASAP. Localize… Continue reading Coverage of Mobage Open Platform Forum 2012

Presentation: DeNA And GREE – A Perspective On Japanese Social Games Going Global

We have covered the Japanese social game industry to some extent on Asiajin over the last years, and I myself do so in more detail on my personal site. In recent months, the two biggest companies in this space, DeNA and GREE, have invested hundreds of millions of US dollars in bringing the concept of… Continue reading Presentation: DeNA And GREE – A Perspective On Japanese Social Games Going Global

Mixi And DeNA Launches Social Commerce Platform Mixi Mall

Mixi and DeNA announced today that they launch a new social commerce service Mixi Mall As you might know, the two of Japan’s top three social networking services, Mixi and Mobage are run by these two companies. Mixi is the counterpart of Facebook in Japan, Mobage is like Zynga having its own social networking. Whilst… Continue reading Mixi And DeNA Launches Social Commerce Platform Mixi Mall