Tokyo

Article Types

LINE grows revenues to $1.2 billion despite global MAUs falling by three million News Jan 26th, 2017

LINE grows revenues to $1.2 billion despite global MAUs falling by three million

Revenues going up, users going down

Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin News Nov 9th, 2016

Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin

Berlin developer moves localisation efforts back to Germany

Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017 News Oct 27th, 2016

Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017

Plans to ship 2 million units globally in its first month

Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM News Jul 18th, 2016

Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM

Indebted Japanese firm spends more

Pokemon Go adds $8 billion to Nintendo's value over the weekend News Jul 11th, 2016

Pokemon Go adds $8 billion to Nintendo's value over the weekend

Market cap up 40%

Valued at $5.5 billion, LINE to IPO in New York and Tokyo on mid-July News Jun 10th, 2016

Valued at $5.5 billion, LINE to IPO in New York and Tokyo on mid-July

Joint listing in New York and Tokyo

Adways partners with Singapore publisher Quest Drop to support games in Southeast Asia News Jan 28th, 2016

Adways partners with Singapore publisher Quest Drop to support games in Southeast Asia

Singaporean publisher and Japanese ad network join forces

Leading Japanese developer COLOPL launches $50m VR fund News Dec 17th, 2015

Leading Japanese developer COLOPL launches $50m VR fund

Tokyo firm investing in hardware and software

Ingress and Pokémon Go dev Niantic opens Tokyo office News Dec 7th, 2015

Ingress and Pokémon Go dev Niantic opens Tokyo office

Studio to focus on Pokémon Go and building a platform

Nexon Korea to publish T2, the mobile version of MMORPG TERA sometime in 2016 News Oct 29th, 2015

Nexon Korea to publish T2, the mobile version of MMORPG TERA sometime in 2016

An MMO, or something else entirely?

Japanese monetization maestro Metaps is going public News Jul 24th, 2015

Japanese monetization maestro Metaps is going public

Japan's most-funded startup is filing for an IPO

GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique News Jun 22nd, 2015

GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique

Puzzle & Dragons dev throws weight behind indie outfit

Accel sells out, allowing SoftBank to bring its Supercell stake to 73% News Jun 1st, 2015

Accel sells out, allowing SoftBank to bring its Supercell stake to 73%

Supercell to remain independent despite SoftBank further growing its stake

LINE renews IPO application although won't list imminently News Apr 2nd, 2015

LINE renews IPO application although won't list imminently

Messaging app keeps IPO door open

Square Enix partners with Nexon to make Final Fantasy XI Mobile News Mar 19th, 2015

Square Enix partners with Nexon to make Final Fantasy XI Mobile

Due in 2016

1 2