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Company Profile
GungHo Online Entertainment
Website
www.gungho.co.jp/english
About
Founded in 1998, GungHo has been providing online game services with a focus on community since August 2002.
Accolades
Articles featuring GungHo Online Entertainment
Another Puzzle
After four years and 54 million downloads, has $1 billion game Puzzle & Dragons finally peaked?
Does GungHo's cash cow have more to give?
Tale Of 2 Publishers
Nexon passes on Turbo's Super Senso, leaving GungHo to sign publishing deal
All change
Riding P&d's Long Tail
Blaming market saturation, GungHo sees 2015 profits down 23%
What's next?
American Tune
GungHo launches first US TV ad for Puzzle & Dragons
Mixing up UA
Casually Connect
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12 August - remember the date
Puzzle Unlocked
Puzzle & Dragons does 37 million downloads
Big downloads, bigger revenue
Disruptive Pattern
GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique
Puzzle & Dragons dev throws weight behind indie outfit
Simply The Best
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The Next Puzzle
Hall of Fame: Kazuki Morishita
GungHo Online CEO on bringing people joy
Investment
Video & Dragons: GungHo leads $15 million funding for Kamcord
Gaming social network goes global
Tencent finally bringing Puzzle & Dragons to China
But is it too late?
Data
Superdata estimates Clash of Clans will generate $1.8 billion in 2014
Just keeps on growing
Monster Strike finally snatches Japanese #1 top grossing spot from Puzzle & Dragons
Report reveals the winds of change in Japan's app charts
Deals
Rumour: GungHo Online buys 70% stake in PlayPhone to gain US and emerging markets reach
Android mobile social gaming network snapped up
No big puzzle: GungHo continues western push with 17-BIT deal
Set to publish future releases
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
Data
Puzzle & Dragons hits 38 million downloads of which 5 million are in North America
Planning a community event to celebrate
Deals
GungHo makes $74 million selling its share of Supercell back to SoftBank
Japanese dev is now focusing on Asia market
Chart Of The Week
Chart of the Week: How GungHo stole the Japanese mobile game industry from DeNA and GREE
Times they are a'changing
Financials
GungHo hits 'peak' Puzzle & Dragons as FY14 Q2 sales drop 11% to $440 million
What's next?
Quiz RPG hits 26 million; is poised to dethrone Puzzle & Dragons' download total in Japan
The race is on
Puzzle & Dragons surpasses 4 million downloads in North America
Don't stop me now
Big In Japan
Colopl and GungHo post impressive financials, while 3 media giants combine to Reinforce
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Puzzle & Dragons hits Japanese arcades with real-time multiplayer mode
Prove you're the best at ¥100 a go
Big In Japan
Monsters, mushrooms, meow meows and Puzzle & Dragons hits the arcade
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Big In Japan
GREE announces Wright Flyer Studios while Puzzle & Dragons comes to arcades
Weekly digest from Tokyo
GungHo Online’s Princess Punt Sweets passes 8 million downloads in Japan
Chasing the dragon
Racing Rpgs
In Japan, Quiz RPG is catching Puzzle & Dragons
23 million downloads vs 25 million
Week That Was
Amazon goes 'gaming too' with Fire TV, LINE tops 400 million users, and Microsoft announces Universal Apps
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The Global View
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$1bn Revenue And Counting
Puzzle & Dragons hits 3 million in North America
The mother of all dragons
Puzzle & Dragons hits 25 million downloads milestone in Japan
Next up Puzzle & Dragons W
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Spending on mobile games jumps threefold in 2013
But still lags behind digital games sales
Big in Japan: Square Enix and GungHo talk up new titles, while DeNA looks to Clash of Clans
Weekly digest from Tokyo
50% better: Supercell becomes a three-game-company as 'risky' Boom Beach launches in March
But no games coming to Windows Phone
Hot Five: Puzzle & Dragons brings in $1 billion, ongoing F2P controversy, and Flappy Bird ruffles industry feathers
Last week's top 5 stories
Big in Japan: DeNA dives, Drecom stabilises and GungHo booms
Weekly digest from Tokyo
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Flappy Bird causes a flap, Dungeon Keeper creates a stir, and Puzzle & Dragons tops $1 billion
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It's official: Puzzle & Dragons is the first mobile game to $1 billion in revenue
Makes up 91% of GungHo's $1.5 billion 2013 sales
The Charticle: Puzzle & Dragons and global conquest
PAD's hits and misses
Opinion: Forget the cash. Zynga's NaturalMotion deal is much bigger than Supercell-SoftBank-GungHo
Can CSR drive Zynga back into the fast lane?
PocketGamer.biz Top 30 Chinese Developers of 2014: 10 to 1
From CMGE to ?
Puzzle & Dragons goes pink with Hello Kitty mash-up event
Dragons withs hair clips
Big in Japan: Good news for Colopl and GREE, while Capcom's got rhythm
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Puzzle & Dragons Z follows mobile's lead with Yoplait Yoghurt crossover
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