Mushroom Cultivation Kit By Beeworks Hits 1 Million Downloads

Beeworks [J] has announced that their iPhone application “Osawari Tantei Nameko Saibai Kit Seasons” (Touch Detective Mushroom Cultivation Kit Seasons) has broken through 1 million total downloads.  Furthermore the Android version of “Touch Detective Mushroom Cultivation Kit” has already topped 200,000 downloads since opening for distribution on December 21st. “Touch Detective Mushroom Cultivation Kit Seasons”… Continue reading Mushroom Cultivation Kit By Beeworks Hits 1 Million Downloads

CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook

CyberAgent [J] has released the latest addition to their PC social game enterprise, “Animal Land” for Facebook. “Animal Land” is a game where you enjoy building a town where animals live, by reclaiming land, building houses and shops, and decorating trees and vehicles.  You can level up by building the town, and as well as… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook

Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market

Taito [J] has released the Android social game “特工大戦” (SPY WARS), for the smartphone “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community” through business partnership with GREE [J] and the Chinese internet portal Tencent. “特工大戦” is the first segment of a social game in China for the “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community.”  It’s a Chinese language… Continue reading Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market

Bandai Namco Games Opens Its Own Android Market, “Banadroid”

Bandai Namco [J] has opened “Banadroid” [J] specially for the Android market. “Banadroid” is an application marketplace with application distribution, billing and registered user information for Android apps managed by Bandai Namco Games.  Currently it’s still in beta service, so there are only 12 available titles, but from now the lineup is planned to increase.… Continue reading Bandai Namco Games Opens Its Own Android Market, “Banadroid”

Koei Tecmo Games Release New GREE Social Game “Love Love♥Angel Sama ~Angelique~”

Koei Tecmo Inc. has released the new feature phone romance social game “Love Love♥Angel Sama ~Angelique~” for Gree. “Love Love♥Angel Sama ~Angelique~” is a new social game from Koei Tecmo Games’ female oriented “Neo-Romance Series.”  The player circles the globe together with beautiful romantic celebrity idols, spreading love through charity.  As far as social game… Continue reading Koei Tecmo Games Release New GREE Social Game “Love Love♥Angel Sama ~Angelique~”

Occupy Train Stations All Over Japan – Colopl Releases Location Game “Eki Dasshu PLUS”

Colopl has released the new game “Eki Dasshu PLUS” (Train Station Occupy PLUS) for their location information service platform “Colopl.” “Eki Dasshu PLUS” is a location information game offered by Mobile Factory.  Users with location registration capability “Occupy” railway stations where they are, and with all users struggling for stations all over Japan, it is… Continue reading Occupy Train Stations All Over Japan – Colopl Releases Location Game “Eki Dasshu PLUS”

Railroad Museum And Tokyo University Open “Digital Railway Museum”

Public-interest Foundation East Japan Railroad Culture Foundation Railroad Museum [J] and the Tokyo University graduate school information technology graduate course are organizing the “Digital Railway Museum,” aligning with the specially planned “Time Travel Exhibit” on display at the railroad museum.  They will use new exhibition techniques as a result of both parties’ collaborative research. The… Continue reading Railroad Museum And Tokyo University Open “Digital Railway Museum”

DNP Releases “Beard Simulation” Windows Phone App. “Mote♥Hige”

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. [J], one of the nation’s and the world’s largest printing companies, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section (code:7912), has released the Windows Phone “beard simulation” application “Mote♥Hige” (have a beard), where you can easily grow a beard onto a photographic portrait.  Download is free [J]. “Mote♥Hige” is a simulator… Continue reading DNP Releases “Beard Simulation” Windows Phone App. “Mote♥Hige”

KFC Begins Campaign For Location App “My Town”

Kentucky Fried Chicken [J] has begun a limited term campaign for the Japanese version of “My Town,” a smartphone location information game. In this campaign, when you “check in” using My Town at an actual KFC store, depending on the number of times, you can receive a “next generation shop” stationed at the same shop… Continue reading KFC Begins Campaign For Location App “My Town”

Social SDK “Pankia” Tops 10 Million Users

Pankaku [J], who have developed the smartphone social SDK “Pankia,” has announced that their number of users has topped 10 million.  This means that they have reached 10 million users in the 18 months since the service began. “Pankia” is a social SDK (software development kit) developed by Pankaku.  It supports iOS and Android, and… Continue reading Social SDK “Pankia” Tops 10 Million Users