Formulated
Gumi’s The Alchemist Code racks up five million downloads worldwide
The Japanese mobile games developer is celebrating with special in-game events
Company Profile
Gumi Inc.
Related People
Masaru Ohnogi
Head of Global Business Development
Hironao Kunimitsu
CEO
AJ Redmer
VP of Western Studios
Accolades
Articles featuring Gumi Inc.
Snak Attack
Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development
Secures $1.2 million from Gumi
Ffbe 20 Million Downloads
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes 20 million global downloads in time for first anniversary
Still no idea what Exvius means
Gumi Nordic Vr
Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups
Offering seed funding and advice to Nordic VR developers
Virtual Future
How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment
Masaru Ohnogi explains all at White Nights Prague
Gumi Euvr Partnership
Gumi partners with EUVR to bring VR investment to European developers
Spreading the wealth
Download Fantasy
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes eight million downloads in five months outside Japan
Holds special event to celebrate
Going Global
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius does 5 million downloads outside Japan
International hit
Shuttered
Updated: Gumi shutters studios in Canada, Sweden, Germany, Austin and Hong Kong
First to try. First to fail. First to recover
Ambitious Tactics
Why Gumi's new Berlin studio is embracing risk to reinvent F2P mobile strategy gaming
Are Mack Growen on building something new
Something New
Gumi chooses Berlin for its new European-focused mobile game development team
Central location is best
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Decimation
Gumi looks to 'recover fast' internationally following a 100 jobs 'fast fail' in Japan
Predicting an annual loss
Jobs
Gumi hires ex-EA Sports Japan exec to head European push
Are Mack Growen changes continents
Making Of
The world at war: The making of Brave Frontier
Hisatoshi Hayakashi details the JRPG that's for everyone
Jobs
Gumi Canada opens doors as Japanese publisher starts hiring in Vancouver
Building the perfect beast
Jobs
Gumi looks to go big outside of Japan, setting up 4 studios in US and Europe
Being born in the USA
Investment
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Distribution meets global gaming
Investment
With IPO rumours mounting, Gumi raises $49 million and hooks up with Sega for US invasion
Japanese publisher gains momentum
Deals
Motor World Car Factory dev Oh BiBi raises $4 million
And hooks up with Japanese publisher Gumi
The Charticle
Can Brave Frontier fight the good fight on two fronts?
Around the world
Financial News
Gumi and Ankama join forces for a strategic mobile partnership
Reading between the lines - expect more Dofus
Adways makes strategic move taking a 1% equity stake in Gumi
Ad network links up with publisher for Asian expansion
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: One big arrival and a massive clear out
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Phablets explode, PlayRaven raises $2.3M, Linekong raises $80M, and lessons learned from PG Connects
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
PGC: Western developers need to learn Gatcha monetisation techniques
So says publisher Gumi
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Heroes of Dragon Age tries my patience and wallet
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Gumi raises $18 million, also forms a joint venture with Fuji Media
Japanese developer spreading its wings
How can you score a contact at Apple? Make sure you court the press
gumi Europe's Nicholas Godement Berline gives his tips
Japanese mid-core studio Gumi heading for IPO
GREE studio to go public
Gree part-owned developer Gumi opens Singapore office
Follows on from Korean expansion
GREE part-owned developer Gumi opens Korean office
First step on international expansion
GREE part-owned social gaming outfit Gumi raises $26 million for global expansion and acquisitions
Japanese user base is already 10 million