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Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million News Jan 20th, 2022

Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million

Purchasing 26.5 million shares from Nexon

Aniplex to acquire Fate/Grand Order developer Delightworks games division News Dec 15th, 2021

Aniplex to acquire Fate/Grand Order developer Delightworks games division

Includes the entire game development team behind Fate/Grand Order

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous News May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

"In comparison to Western companies, there is a widening abyss in terms of development capability and financial clout"

Supersonic Studios partners with ITI to help publish Japanese games internationally News Apr 15th, 2020

Supersonic Studios partners with ITI to help publish Japanese games internationally

"We are excited to help other Japanese developers see their games achieve international success"

Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million News Mar 30th, 2020

Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million

Bolstering the mobile publisher with a raft of niche IPs

Square Enix and Suntory partner for Dragon Quest Walk missions via Japanese vending machines News Jan 28th, 2020

Square Enix and Suntory partner for Dragon Quest Walk missions via Japanese vending machines

14,000 can be found across the country

Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks partners with Kadokawa Games for new smartphone title News Jan 14th, 2020

Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks partners with Kadokawa Games for new smartphone title

Cave Interactive also part of the development structure

Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames News Jan 7th, 2020

Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames

"We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business"

Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen News Jan 2nd, 2020

Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen

Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012

Keywords snaps up work-for-hire mobile development studio Wizcorp for $1m News Apr 23rd, 2019

Keywords snaps up work-for-hire mobile development studio Wizcorp for $1m

Service provider expands footprint in Japan

How a China partnership turned Steppy Pants into a number one chart topper in Japan Deal Mar 7th, 2019

How a China partnership turned Steppy Pants into a number one chart topper in Japan

Super Entertainment co-director Stephen Last discusses how a collaboration with Yodo1 produced significant returns

DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan News Nov 7th, 2018

DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan

Will Japan prove a successful venture for the hit MOBA?

Keywords snaps up predictive analytics outfit Yokozuna Data from Silicon Studio in $1.5m deal News Jul 23rd, 2018

Keywords snaps up predictive analytics outfit Yokozuna Data from Silicon Studio in $1.5m deal

Draws on AI and machine learning tech

Nintendo taps up Cygames for new RPG game Dragalia Lost News Apr 27th, 2018

Nintendo taps up Cygames for new RPG game Dragalia Lost

New RPG will be released this summer

Platinum partners with DENA for Okami spiritual successor World of Demons News Apr 19th, 2018

Platinum partners with DENA for Okami spiritual successor World of Demons

The hack-and-slash title will make its way to iOS this summer with an Android release set for later in 2018

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