Pokelabo Releases “Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition”

Pokelabo [J] has released “YakyuTomo! Gekitou Puro Yakyuu Hen” [J] (Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition), the latest installment of their popular Mobage [J] feature phone social game “YakyuTomo” [J]. “YakyuTomo!” is a simulation game where the player becomes a baseball team a director and nurtures a fledgling team into veteran leaders on the… Continue reading Pokelabo Releases “Baseball Buddies! Fierce Battle Pro Baseball Edition”

Gree Starts Investment On East/South East Asian Start-ups

Japan’s social game networking service giant Gree announced today November 2 that it had established a new invest subsidiary Gree Ventures. Gree Ventures is going to form GV-I Investment Partnership, which is planned to invest (tantative) 2 billion yen (US$25.6 million) in total. GREE to Begin Investing in Southeast and East Asia – Plans to… Continue reading Gree Starts Investment On East/South East Asian Start-ups

Toyota Releases “Social Network Racer” For Facebook And “FT86 World Report” For iPhone

Toyota [J] has released a promotional pro racing game “Social Network Racer” for Facebook. “Social Network Racer” is designed to enhance global recognition of the “FT－86II Concept” model, which will be officially opened to the public at the Tokyo Motor show in December.  Users compete for time with others on the virtual circuit, and the… Continue reading Toyota Releases “Social Network Racer” For Facebook And “FT86 World Report” For iPhone

Microsoft Japan Windows DSP Campaign Comes With Its Anime Poster Girl Nanami Madobe

Microsoft Japan’s Winter campaign of Windows Ultimate DSP version [J] comes with Deanne Cheuk design Touch Mouse and its official poster character Nanami Madobe. Nanami Madobe (Madobe Nanami in Japanese name order) was originally an unofficial character appeared from an Akihabara shop, became an official later before Cloud girl and Hyper-V girl. Nanami is from… Continue reading Microsoft Japan Windows DSP Campaign Comes With Its Anime Poster Girl Nanami Madobe

Social Gaming Network Gree Issues Upward Revision, 40 Billion Yen Plus

Gree announced today that it revised up its annual sales outlook from its original forecast 90-100 billion yen(US$1.15-1.28 billion) to 130-140 billion yen(US$1.67-1.80 billion). Net income is expected to increase 11 billion yen (US$141 million) as well. This upward revision is due to higher rate of social game monetization, the release said. Reason for revision… Continue reading Social Gaming Network Gree Issues Upward Revision, 40 Billion Yen Plus

TV Drama Kaitou Royal Starts With 4.2% Viewer Rate, Good As An Show After Midnight

Mantan-web reported [J] that the dramatized version of popular social game Kaitou Royal, on Japan’s large social game network Mobage by DeNA, got 4.2% audience rate in Kanto-area (greater Tokyo and around) by Video Research’s research at its first week episode. 4.2% at 0:20 after the midnight is not so bad. It is about 1.6… Continue reading TV Drama Kaitou Royal Starts With 4.2% Viewer Rate, Good As An Show After Midnight

Japan’s Yen Intervention Stopped At 79.19 By Word Play

Japan is reported to begin Yen intervention today. But after the initial US dollar surge, Yen stalled around 79.19 against 1 US dollar over 3 hours. In early afternoon trading in Tokyo, the dollar was holding steady at around 79.19 yen, but it remains to be seen how long an impact the intervention will have.… Continue reading Japan’s Yen Intervention Stopped At 79.19 By Word Play

D3Producer Release iPhone App “Dream Club Pure Clock Amane ~ Preview Version ~”

D3Publisher [J] has begun distribution of “Dream Club Pure Clock Amane ~ Preview Version ~”, an iPhone application version of their popular title, “Dream Club.” [J]  Download is free. “Dream Club” is a popular romance simulation game series released by D3P.  The recent work “Dream Club ZERO Portable” is due to be released on PS… Continue reading D3Producer Release iPhone App “Dream Club Pure Clock Amane ~ Preview Version ~”