Apr 28 2014
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Oh wait, this isn't Pac-Man at all, just an overly-complex free-to-play Puzzle & Dragons clone called Pac-Man…
Mar 28 2014
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According to reports out of Japan, the president of social gaming giant Gree, Yoshikazu Tanaka, is being sued for…
Feb 7 2014
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This morning, at the Tokyo offices of game developer GeePlus, two employees were injured in a knife attack. Their…
Jul 23 2013
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They had me at drawing on heroes and villains from the X-Men's past, present and future. Then they lost me.
Jul 19 2013
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Hey, guess what! There's a new Star Ocean coming out in Japan. But it's probably not what you expect.
Feb 18 2013
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I'm all about seeing my favorite franchises represented in the mobile gaming space, but Dance Dance Revolution…
Nov 16 2012
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Before Apple had Game Center it had OpenFeint, a gaming network that brought a cohesive online experience to…
Sep 25 2012
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Disgaea is headed to Japanese smartphones as a card-based social game.
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Sep 20 2012
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With Metal Gear Social Ops, Metal Gear is returning to smartphones! This time the game is a tap-based card game in…
Sep 20 2012
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Assassin's Creed Utopia for iOS is a new take on the world of Assassin's Creed. As previously mentioned, you build…
Sep 18 2012
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Emperors Saga, the latest Saga game, is a card-based title for Japanese smartphones.
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Aug 30 2012
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Today at the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Konami announced that a new Metal Gear was incoming, but it…
May 9 2012
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Japanese social game makers DeNA and Gree both said they will begin phasing out controversial "complete gacha"…
May 8 2012
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We have Gree and DeNA, two huge social gaming companies, to thank for the massive growth in Japan's social gaming…
May 7 2012
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Think you had a bad day? Japan's youngest self-made billionaire, Gree honcho Yoshikazu Tanaka, just lost US$700…
Apr 23 2012
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Turnover at game companies is high. But Japanese game developers who work on big titles for big companies tend to…
Feb 1 2012
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In years past, whenever Pokémon knock-offs appeared in other countries, Japanese netizens would post them online to…
Dec 27 2011
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Keiji Inafune gave us Mega Man, one of gaming's immortal heroes and mascot for Japanese publisher Capcom. But then…
Sep 20 2011
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This booth was one of the biggest booths at the Tokyo Game Show. It took up one tenth of the entire show floor. It…
Apr 18 2011
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This June, Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive will hit Japan's Gree social networking service. Set in Raccoon City, the…