Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is working on a new role-playing game. Called Terra Battle, it is slated for smartphones. Details are currently scant, but Sakaguchi reveals more about the game in the upcoming issue of Famitsu. » 7/01/14 7:20am 7/01/14 7:20am

Let's face it, modern smartphones, with their giant glass screens, are in constant danger! Those glorious screens can be easily scuffed. To protect them, people often put on screen protectors—and in China, applying screen protection might actually be a profitable livelihood. » 4/28/14 5:00am 4/28/14 5:00am

Do you text and walk? Don't! Here's computer simulation that shows what will happen. Well, kinda. » 3/31/14 7:40am 3/31/14 7:40am

Japan sure loves smartphone games. A new report (via TechInAsia) states that smartphone games now make up half of the country's gaming market, increasing 178 percent compared to last year. Wowzers. » 3/27/14 5:50am 3/27/14 5:50am

In Japan, "otome" (maiden) games give players a slew of handsome men from which to choose. A recent game offers much more than that. Say hello to buggy men! » 12/16/13 5:30am 12/16/13 5:30am

This is the best sausage glove I've ever seen. Well, it's the only one I've ever seen. » 12/12/13 7:30am 12/12/13 7:30am

A cloud version of Dragon Quest X is coming to Japanese smartphones and tablets. It will be released between December 2013 and February 2014. Subscription fees are TBA. » 9/30/13 6:30am 9/30/13 6:30am

The trajectory of the iPhone is, in most ways, the trajectory of Apple over the past decade. Insane ambition, untouchable dominance, the inevitable slowing of momentum. And now, reinvention, sort of. Mostly from iOS 7, partly from the iPhone 5S itself. But underneath it all, it's still just an iPhone. And that's still… » 9/27/13 4:53pm 9/27/13 4:53pm

There's a new iPhone. Well, to be completely accurate there are two new iPhones. But the new iPhone 5S is Apple's flagship phone and it's the best iPhone you can buy. It looks exactly like how the iPhone 5 looked last year but with improved internals and guts that will make everything run even faster. Twice as fast,… » 9/10/13 2:00pm 9/10/13 2:00pm

Welcome friends! In just a few hours, Apple's going to take the wrapping off of the updated iPhone 5S and the all new, budget-friendly iPhone 5C. We'll be covering it all live, right here. Join us! » 9/10/13 12:47pm 9/10/13 12:47pm

In Tokyo, mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo just unveiled a huge yellow warning plastered all over a Shinjuku Station staircase. It reads, "Walking while using a smartphone is dangerous." » 8/07/13 4:00am 8/07/13 4:00am

Many people have called the dawn of the smartphone the death of manners and conversation. Some people are often too busy checking their phones to mind their manners. While it's not really a huge deal, Hong Kong's Ta Kung Newspaper says otherwise. » 4/22/13 6:00am 4/22/13 6:00am

Gakuen Handsome, an adventure game aimed at Japanese females, is headed to smartphones. Oh goody, because the game is friggin' bonkers. » 9/27/12 6:30am 9/27/12 6:30am

Namco Bandai's idol simulator is taking the Japanese mobile game market by storm and burning holes in players' pockets.

The Idolmaster game series is well known among Japanese gamers for its cute virtual girls and plethora of costly DLC. Now it seems the mobile phone version of the game, Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls,… » 4/05/12 5:30am 4/05/12 5:30am

Namco Bandai's idol simulator The Idolmaster » 3/30/12 6:00am 3/30/12 6:00am

Men aren't the only ones reading adult comics and watching adult videos. (Shocking, I know!) In Japan, there are mature manga and porno flicks for females. Yet, women might feel reluctant to walk into their local convenience store and flip through dirty mags or rent X-rated DVDs at the video store. Good thing there… » 3/07/12 5:30am 3/07/12 5:30am

Square Enix has revealed that it has created a new wholly-owned subsidiary called "Hippos Lab", that is dedicated to creating high quality original content for smartphones. [via GameBiz] » 3/23/11 5:45am 3/23/11 5:45am