Crypton Offers Hatsune Miku Social Game For Gree Android

Crypton Future Media Company has begun to offer a social game “Hatsune Miku Vocalo×Live!” for the Android version of the GREE, one of the most profitable social gaming networks around the world. The new “Hatsune Miku Vocalo×Live” is for the Android device. The same title is now being offered on GREE for feature phones. The… Continue reading Crypton Offers Hatsune Miku Social Game For Gree Android

GREE Collaborates With The 13th Tokyo Girls Collection

GREE [J] is implementing a project in coordination with “The 13th Tokyo Girls’ Collection 2011A/W” [J] through the social networking service “GREE.” “The 13th Tokyo Girls’ Collection 2011 AUTUMN/WINTER” is a fashion festival being held on Saturday September 3rd, 2011.  Since opening in 2005 the theme has been “Japanese real clothes to the world.” From… Continue reading GREE Collaborates With The 13th Tokyo Girls Collection

Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced

Gree, one of Japan’s big two social networking service announced [J] that they would take part in annual Tokyo Game Show 2011 held from September 15 to 18 with “the largest level” booth. On the release, Gree says that paradigm shift is happening in the game industry, which is expanding with “social” and “online” aspects… Continue reading Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced

Social Platform GREE Expands To 130 Million Users

GREE [J] has announced that their mobile device social platform in August has exceeded 130 million users worldwide, achieving 107 million users outside of Japan. The number of GREE’s users is a total of the Japanese “GREE,” combined with the social game platform primarily developed for America, Europe, and China, “OpenFeint,” whose user number has… Continue reading Social Platform GREE Expands To 130 Million Users

Allez Cuisine! “Iron Chef For GREE New Challengers” – Kitchen Stadium Goes Social

Fuji Television with GREE [J] and Synphonie have announced that they will offer the GREE feature phone version of the popular TV show “Ryouri no Tetsujin (Iron Chef)” as a social game, “Iron Chef for GREE New Challengers.” [J] Fuji Television with GREE and Synphonie are jointly planning the design for “Iron Chef for GREE… Continue reading Allez Cuisine! “Iron Chef For GREE New Challengers” – Kitchen Stadium Goes Social

Mig33 Launches Developer Program, Many Asian Gaming Apps To Come Out In Japan

As we reported here on Asiajin, Japan’s largest mobile gaming company Gree[J] partnered with mig33, a Singapore-born and currently US-based social network which has become the most popular in South East Asia. Mig33 recently launched a developer program, which allows mobile game developers to make revenue by developing games on a platform which is compatible… Continue reading Mig33 Launches Developer Program, Many Asian Gaming Apps To Come Out In Japan

Microsoft Dives Into Japan’s Booming Smartphone Market With World’s First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships

In a joint press conference held this morning, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Toshiba and KDDI unveiled [J] the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T smartphone, the world’s very first Windows Phone Mango handset hitting Japan this September only on the KDDI AU mobile network. The phone features a 3.7″ LED display, 1 Ghz Qualcomm MSM8655 CPU,  32GB internal memory, 13.2 Megapixel Camera and is both… Continue reading Microsoft Dives Into Japan’s Booming Smartphone Market With World’s First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships

Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone

Two huge Japanese social gaming networks who are working on oversea expansion showed a new move to utilize their accumulated assets on Japanese feature phone world – Flash based games. On June 30, Mobage company DeNA announced [J] that they had purchased Broadtail, a Tokyo-based tech start-up, who developed a tool named “ExGame” to run… Continue reading Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone

Gree acquires OpenFeint for $104 million as part of global expansion

Gree, Japan’s social gaming giant, announced today that it has acquired social platform OpenFeint for $104 million USD. OpenFeint ‘s social platform for iPhone and Android allows developers to add social elements to existing games with minimal programming. This low barrier to entry has accelerated its growth since its founding in 2009, now boasting a catalogue of over… Continue reading Gree acquires OpenFeint for $104 million as part of global expansion

Japan’s No.1 Social Network – Gree And Mobage Town Competes

At the beginning of February, two of Japanese social networking giants, Gree and DeNA(Mobage Town company) released quarterly financial reports. Gree’s 2011-2Q report [J] showed its sales record, 14.32 billion yen(US$175 mil), 83% of which is from virtual items. It is the historic high. DeNA 2011-3Q [J] also recorded their highest 29.49 billion yen(US$361 mil)… Continue reading Japan’s No.1 Social Network – Gree And Mobage Town Competes