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

Ameba Pigg Presents Live Concert By Ayumi Hamasaki

Ameba Pigg, [J] the 2D virtual space run by Cyber Agent, [J] will release a live transmitted broadcast of the popular artist Ayumi Hamasaki’s [J] concert performance “ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION” onto the market from October 19th at 6:30 P.M.  This is the first time that a virtual space will… Continue reading Ameba Pigg Presents Live Concert By Ayumi Hamasaki

Cyber Agent Establishes Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division

Cyber Agent has announced that it will establish an “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division,” a specialized station for assistance in the undertaking of overseas marketing for smartphone, aimed particularly at America. “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division” is geared towards offering smartphone promotion of their Japanese business into the overseas market. Cyber Agent’s operations include starting the overseas… Continue reading Cyber Agent Establishes Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division

Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg

Cyber Agent [J] has opened a special area for their 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg,” [J] returning Studio Gibli’s latest film “Kokuriko-zaka Kara” (“コクリコ坂から”, From Up On Poppy Hill) to the world stage.  The limited term period is from September 16th until the 25th. This “From Up On Poppy Hill” area is Ameba Pigg’s original… Continue reading Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg

CyberAgent America Releases Second Smartphone Game, “Coin Pusher Mafia”

Cyber Agent’s American subsidiary company CyberAgent America, Inc. has released the game application “Coin Pusher Mafia” for iPhone.  Download is free. “Coin Pusher Mafia” is Cyber Agent’s second released smartphone game application title.  It’s a combination between a mafia game and a slot machine game, and along with the previously released “Zombie Restaurant,” [J] it… Continue reading CyberAgent America Releases Second Smartphone Game, “Coin Pusher Mafia”

Cyber Agent Releases New Social Game “World Chef” For Facebook

Cyber Agent has released the new social game “World Chef” for Facebook. You can play using an already existing avatar from the 2D virtual space “Ameba Pico,” which is offered by the same company. “World Chef” is a restaurant simulation social game which allows you to play using the same avatar data from Ameba Pico.… Continue reading Cyber Agent Releases New Social Game “World Chef” For Facebook

1000 Students Gather At A Job Fair In Ameba Pigg

It is not already unusual that the job fair is held in virtual world. But is there a company holding a serious job fair in the “cute” 2D virtual world? CyberAgent utilized their virtual world “Ameba Pigg” for their job fair. Recently, CyberAgent strengthens overseas development, and push forward the employment of the Android application… Continue reading 1000 Students Gather At A Job Fair In Ameba Pigg

Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse

On Tuesday, Tokyo-based Cyber Agent‘s subsidiary in Silicon Valley, Cyber Agent America launched a metaverse called Comic World as a Facebook app basically targeting international users.   In the app, you can dress up your own avatar with clothing you’ve purchased with a virtual money called ComicCash.   The user account for Comic World is compatible with… Continue reading Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse

Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

Pankaku[J], a tech start-up whose iPhone game app LightBike has recorded the 1st rank in the number of paid app downloading at the U.S. AppStore, announced it had increased capital by approx. USD536,000 through the allocation of  new shares to a third party accepted by Cyber Agent last month, which means Cyber Agent has taken… Continue reading Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)

News on the latter half of January 2010 which we did not write as a dedicated article. Part 1 is here. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. METI Lottery In Exchange For Used Cellphone Campaign Collaborates Hatsune Miku Chinese Guy In Saitama Arrested By Providing Proxy Servers For Chinese Gamers To Play… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)