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

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

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

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

New Social Game For GREE Based On Popular Novel / Anime “The Legend of Galactic Heroes”

Darts Live Games [J] has initiated advance registration the feature phone game for GREE “Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu ~ Ginga Teikoku Hen ~” [J] (The Legend of Galactic Heroes ~ Galaxy Empire), a social game with the theme of “Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu,” an animation based on Tanaka Yoshiki’s popular novel. The animation “Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu” is… Continue reading New Social Game For GREE Based On Popular Novel / Anime “The Legend of Galactic Heroes”

Social Game For “Shingeki no Kyojin” By Konami Coming This Spring

KONAMI [J] has announced that they will distribute a social game for Mobage modeled after the manga “Shingeki no Kyojin” (Giant Advance) from this Spring.  Advanced registration will commence in Japan. “Shingeki no Kyojin” is Izayama Hajime‘s original manga for Kodansha’s separate volume boys comic magazine which has been running since October of 2009.  In… Continue reading Social Game For “Shingeki no Kyojin” By Konami Coming This Spring

CyberAgent Releases Android Application “Pigg Talk”

CyberAgent [J] has released the Android application “Pigg Talk.” [J]  In concert with this, the functions of the smart phone version of Ameba Pigg [J] have also been enhanced.  Download is free. “Pigg Talk” is an application that allows group chat with companion “Pigg Tomo” friends from within Ameba Pigg.  It works in conjunction with… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases Android Application “Pigg Talk”