AKB48 Girls In Augmented Reality Campaign For Hewlett Packard Japan

Hewlett Packard Japan [J] has announced the development of “Love PC, Love HP AR,” a series of augmented reality advertisements with smartphone support to appear in 7 comics, and the “Love PC, Love HP Trailer,” which will be going all around Japan until the beginning of February, as part of their “Love PC, Love HP”… Continue reading AKB48 Girls In Augmented Reality Campaign For Hewlett Packard Japan

Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

Cave Inc. [J] has announced the commencement of “Predict Job Luck With Lucky Prospects 47 Fortune,” [J] a tie-up campaign with “47Kyujin.com (47 prefectures job offer site)” [J] managed by F47Kyujin Site Joint Committee, [J] via “Shirotsuku,” [J] Cave’s location based game for GREE and Mobage.  The term period will be until April 26th. In… Continue reading Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

Rental Shop TSUTAYA Gets Into Smartphone Games With TSUTAYA.com kiwi

TSUTAYA.com [J] has formed a business partnership with Internet Revolution [J] and opened the smartphone SNS game site “TSUTAYA.com kiwi.” [J] With “TSUTAYA.com kiwi” you can enjoy 14 game titles such as “Pro Baseball Dream Nine,” “Everyone’s Pet Shop,” “Othello,” “Solitaire,” “Multi-Millionaire,” and this is the first time for a SNS game site to be… Continue reading Rental Shop TSUTAYA Gets Into Smartphone Games With TSUTAYA.com kiwi

GREE Forms Business Partnership With ICS Mobile, Major App Referral Media

GREE [J] has announced that they have agreed to a business partnership to develop a new global company with ICS Mobile, Inc., who run FreeAppADay.com (FAAD), an industry leader in application referral media. ICS Mobile, a company located in Santa Monica California, manages “FAAD”, a free iOS application introduction media.  “FAAD” has gathered a strong… Continue reading GREE Forms Business Partnership With ICS Mobile, Major App Referral Media

Social Game By Vector”Koiken!” Gets Animated For Cell Phones

Vector [J] will distribute “Koiken! ~Watashi Tachi Anime Ni Natchatta!~” (Koiken! We Became an Anime!), an anime for cellular phones based on their romantic simulation game “Koiken!” now offered for Mobage [J] and GREE. [J]  You can now view both titles from their Official Home Page. [J] “Koiken! ~Watashi Tachi Anime Ni Natchatta!~” will normally… Continue reading Social Game By Vector”Koiken!” Gets Animated For Cell Phones

Kyushu Mascot Character “Kumamon” Android Apps Released

A Team [J] has released the Android applications Kumamon’s Simple Clock Widget, Kumamon Full! [Kumamon’s Clock Widget], and Kumamon’s Live Wallpaper♪, based on Kumamon, Kumamoto Prefecture’s tourism PR mascot and champion of last year’s Mascot Character Grand Prix 2011.  Download is 200 yen each. Kumamon is a character born out of Kumamoto Prefecture office’s shinkansen… Continue reading Kyushu Mascot Character “Kumamon” Android Apps Released

GREE – Written Complaint Against Article Published In “Diamond” Magazine

GREE [J] has announced that they have submitted a written protest concerning an article published in the 2012 March 31st edition of the magazine “Shuukan Diamond” entitled “This Office Is Gravely Concerned For GREE – Social Games Approaching Critical Moment.” According to GREE, the article in question offers to readers the impression that GREE is… Continue reading GREE – Written Complaint Against Article Published In “Diamond” Magazine

Social Gift Service “mixi Birthday” Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In First Week

Frenxxo, Inc. [J] has announced that the total number of greetings sent by the social gift service “mixi Birthday” [J] within one week of its release has exceeded half a million. “mixi Birthday” is a service which allows you to present mixi friends with digital birthday cakes and decoration items (free / for a fee)… Continue reading Social Gift Service “mixi Birthday” Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In First Week

App Store #1 Ranking “Gang Road” Social Card Game Offered For Mobage

CyberAgent’s consolidated subsidiary company Appli bot, [J] who plan and manage applications for smartphone, have released the social card game “Furyoudou~Gang  Road~”, which held the #1 ranking top seller for Japan’s App Store, for Mobage. “Gang Road” is based around the concept of a “scoundrel’s passion story game.” Set in the corners and alleys of… Continue reading App Store #1 Ranking “Gang Road” Social Card Game Offered For Mobage

GREE Takes Countermeasures Against RMT, In Cooperation With Related Companies

GREE has announced that they will strengthen measures pertaining to actions relating to Real Money Trade (RMT) which is prohibited by the user agreement of the SNS “GREE.”  They will continue, throughout the entire company, to promote such measures as suspending user accounts which violate the user agreement and checking incidents within and outside of… Continue reading GREE Takes Countermeasures Against RMT, In Cooperation With Related Companies