May 11, 2020 Safety First Tokyo Games Show and Paris Games Week become latest victims of Covid-19 TGS moves to digital while PGW looks ahead to 2021
February 27, 2020 Mix It Up PlatinumGames wants to explore console live ops games with new Tokyo studio Studio head Atsushi Inaba explains all
February 4, 2020 Freak On A Leash Nintendo is consolidating its Tokyo offices and Game Freak might be tagging along Reports indicate that the Pokemon developer is moving to the same area, if not the same building
January 9, 2020 Hotel Mario Nintendo's former Kyoto headquarters to become hotel in 2021 20 rooms, including restaurant, gym, bar and spa
January 26, 2017 Line Financials Q4 Fy16 LINE grows revenues to $1.2 billion despite global MAUs falling by three million Revenues going up, users going down
November 9, 2016 Office Closure Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin Berlin developer moves localisation efforts back to Germany
October 27, 2016 Switch It Up Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017 Plans to ship 2 million units globally in its first month
July 18, 2016 Look At Me Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM Indebted Japanese firm spends more
July 11, 2016 Gotta Count Them All Pokemon Go adds $8 billion to Nintendo's value over the weekend Market cap up 40%
June 10, 2016 Cash In Valued at $5.5 billion, LINE to IPO in New York and Tokyo on mid-July Joint listing in New York and Tokyo
January 28, 2016 Power Partners Adways partners with Singapore publisher Quest Drop to support games in Southeast Asia Singaporean publisher and Japanese ad network join forces
December 17, 2015 "laser-focused On Vr" Leading Japanese developer COLOPL launches $50m VR fund Tokyo firm investing in hardware and software
December 7, 2015 Location Is Key Ingress and Pokémon Go dev Niantic opens Tokyo office Studio to focus on Pokémon Go and building a platform
October 29, 2015 Tera Tease Nexon Korea to publish T2, the mobile version of MMORPG TERA sometime in 2016 An MMO, or something else entirely?
July 24, 2015 Going Public Japanese monetization maestro Metaps is going public Japan's most-funded startup is filing for an IPO
June 22, 2015 Disruptive Pattern GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique Puzzle & Dragons dev throws weight behind indie outfit
June 1, 2015 Softbank, Hard Cash Accel sells out, allowing SoftBank to bring its Supercell stake to 73% Supercell to remain independent despite SoftBank further growing its stake
April 2, 2015 Options Open LINE renews IPO application although won't list imminently Messaging app keeps IPO door open
March 31, 2015 New Turf Expanding to games not using its SDK, Kamcord goes big for YouTubers First land grab is Clash of Clans
March 19, 2015 New Fantasy Square Enix partners with Nexon to make Final Fantasy XI Mobile Due in 2016
February 19, 2015 New Networks Sega buys Demiurge Studios and invests in Space Ape and Ignited Artists Big push into mobile
February 5, 2015 Bubble M&a Four years on, GREE writes off $75 million from its OpenFeint acquisition Also drops $78 million from Pokelabo deal
December 11, 2014 Investment Video & Dragons: GungHo leads $15 million funding for Kamcord Gaming social network goes global
December 8, 2014 Payments Updated: LINE Pay to launch soon for digital and real-world purchases Following Apple and Google into wallet business
December 2, 2014 Interview As UA extends from launch into lifecycle, you need sharper analytics, says Adjust's Japanese MD Shawn Bonham on the influence of re-engagement
November 18, 2014 Following 300% Asia growth in Q3, Adjust opens offices in China and Japan Shanghai and Tokyo are the places to be
November 5, 2014 Deal French media outfit Ankama acquires Wizcorp for its HTML5 expertise Japanese company's smarts impress