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Six months of Monster Hunter Now: A well-earned celebration as Niantic catches lightning twice Feature Mar 14th, 2024

Six months of Monster Hunter Now: A well-earned celebration as Niantic catches lightning twice

Monster Hunter Now has generated $150 million in its first six months, making it Niantic’s second-biggest game behind Pokémon Go

Monster Hunter Now is officially a hit, but is it the next Pokémon Go? Feature Nov 7th, 2023

Monster Hunter Now is officially a hit, but is it the next Pokémon Go?

Almost two months on from Niantic’s latest launch, we take a deep dive into Capcom’s beloved franchise and promising new collaboration

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 4th, 2022

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

This week we consider football, Japan, and whether we are living in (Back to) the Future

as Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play News Nov 18th, 2021

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

From rhythm to RPG to WTF?

as Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success? The Charticle Nov 7th, 2017

Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success?

How has the 2015 restructure worked out for Konami?

as After another big year the old guard still dominate Japan's mobile games market The Charticle Oct 23rd, 2017

After another big year the old guard still dominate Japan's mobile games market

Revenues up 35 per cent but what's driving them?

as Why did Gree pull out of the West? The Charticle Aug 3rd, 2017

Why did Gree pull out of the West?

The Japanese outfit no longer has a Western presence, but how are its games performing?

as Worldwide top grosser but never in the US top 100: Why Mixi canned Monster Strike Feature May 2nd, 2017

Worldwide top grosser but never in the US top 100: Why Mixi canned Monster Strike

Is the chasm between Japanese and American tastes a bridge too far?

as How does Fire Emblem Heroes monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 3rd, 2017

How does Fire Emblem Heroes monetise?

IAPs from the players' perspective

A rich game for a casual market: The making of Mobius Final Fantasy Interview Sep 5th, 2016

A rich game for a casual market: The making of Mobius Final Fantasy

Producer Yoshinori Kitase talks us through the game's development

as Analyzing Pokemon GO's relative failure in Japan The Charticle Aug 8th, 2016

Analyzing Pokemon GO's relative failure in Japan

Lacks sustain

5 important things we learned at Reboot Develop 2016 Feature May 5th, 2016

5 important things we learned at Reboot Develop 2016

Most significant lessons learned from Croatian game dev conference

as Hall of Fame: Kazuki Morishita Hall of Fame Feb 26th, 2015

Hall of Fame: Kazuki Morishita

GungHo Online CEO on bringing people joy

Terra Battle punches above its weight in France and Japan Feature Jan 26th, 2015

Terra Battle punches above its weight in France and Japan

Top grossing on 1.5 million downloads

as Metaps on why you should come to Tokyo Game Show and bring your mobile game to Japan Feature Sep 4th, 2014

Metaps on why you should come to Tokyo Game Show and bring your mobile game to Japan

Learn more at Metaps' Tokyo Mobile Game Night

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