{"id":12507,"date":"2011-01-27T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T02:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2011-01-27T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T02:51:54","slug":"nifty-uses-its-cloud-to-accelerate-social-game-app-business-in-se-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/nifty-uses-its-cloud-to-accelerate-social-game-app-business-in-se-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nifty Uses Its Cloud To Accelerate Social Game App Business In SE Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Nifty's Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nifty_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"68\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nifty.co.jp\/english\/\">Nifty<\/a>, a Fujitsu subsidiary and Japan&#8217;s 4th largest ISP, announced last week that it would use their own cloud facility and encourage Japanese social game app developers to deliver their services to ASEAN countries. \u00a0 \u00a0Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meti.go.jp\/english\/index.html\">METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) <\/a>helps the project financially, and several social game apps running on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cloud.nifty.com\/\">Nifty Cloud[J]<\/a>&#8221; are expected to be introduced shortly in Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines.<br \/>\nParticipating game apps are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Multi-player card game &#8220;Unlight&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/unlight\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/unlight_cn\">Chinese<\/a> version available on Facebook, developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-way.co.jp\/\">Techway[J]<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/unlight_screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12532\" title=\"Unlight Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/unlight_screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Social tree planting game &#8220;Yggdra Mamoribito&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/mixi.jp\/run_appli.pl?id=26200\">Japanese<\/a> version available on Mixi, developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skycraft.jp\">Skycraft[J]<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8ing-networks.co.jp\/\">Eighting Networks[J]<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/yggdra-mamoribito_screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12534\" title=\"yggdra-mamoribito_screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/yggdra-mamoribito_screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Social RPG &#8220;Atsumare Rasubosu Hunter&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/yahoo-mbga.jp\/game\/12003009\/play\">Japanese<\/a> version available on Yahoo Mobage, developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.n-land.co.jp\">Neverland Company[J]<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rasubosuhunter_screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12535\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"RasubosuHunter Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rasubosuhunter_screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: In order to try the game apps via links stated above, you are required to log on to each of the social network platforms.\u00a0 The app titles are subject to change for their international marketing.<br \/>\nNifty is expected to promote these apps in South East Asia and conduct a survey of trends in the users for investigating the future potential of social game app business in the region.<br \/>\nThis project is jointly operated by Japan&#8217;s 3rd largest ad agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adk.jp\/english\/\">Asatsu-DK<\/a>, US-based CDN operator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.cdnetworks.com\/\">CDNetworks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\">Paypal<\/a> and Tokyo-based system developer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marietta.co.jp\/english\/\">Marietta<\/a>.<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"http:\/\/japan.internet.com\/busnews\/20110124\/5.html\">japan.internet.com[J]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nifty, a Fujitsu subsidiary and Japan&#8217;s 4th largest ISP, announced last week that it would use their own cloud facility and encourage Japanese social game app developers to deliver their services to ASEAN countries. \u00a0 \u00a0Japan&#8217;s METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) helps the project financially, and several social game apps running on &#8220;Nifty&hellip; 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