TSUNAMI spin-out from Faisunreve, advertising agency in April 2010, which provides Kyaba Wars for mixi mobile, Mobage-town, and GREE jointly with gumi, a social application developer. The social game has 1.3 million users in total.
The startup introduces Reward Plus, reward advertisement provided by Adways into its social apps. L'AVION social works together with TSUNAMI in development of social applications.
CNET 9/28/2010
Sep 29, 2010
Sep 28, 2010
[VentureBeat] MocoSpace raises $3.5M from SoftBank for browser-based mobile games
VentureBeat 9/23/2010
MocoSpace has made a big bet that browser-based games will take off on mobile phones as the mobile web comes of age. And now SoftBank Capital is making a bet that MocoSpace is right about that. Japan’s SoftBank is investing $3.5 million in MocoSpace in a strategic round.
Boston-based MocoSpace was founded in 2005 and has more than 14 million users for its browser-based games and entertainment on both feature phones and on smartphones, said Justin Siegel, chief executive of the company, in an interview. The company is already profitable, but Siegel said the investment will help it enjoy new support from SoftBank. ...
Sep 27, 2010
[TechCrunch] Japanese Company DeNA Expands Footprint In U.S.; Invests In Social Game Studio Astro Ape
TechCrunch 9/24/2010
A week after announcing the acquisition of U.S. mobile social gaming studio, Gameview, Japanese gaming giant DeNA is making a strategic investment in another U.S. gaming company, social game studio Astro Ape. The investment amount was not disclosed by the companies.
Based in Edison, N.J., Astro Ape creates social game titles for the iOS platform, including Office Heroes, an iPhone app simulating a game within the corporate world. As part of the investment, Astro Ape will develop titles for DeNA’s MiniNation mobile platform, DeNA’s subsidiary in the smartphone market.
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Garapon starts to sell the first Garapon TV recording TV program to view from iPhone
Garapon TV allows to record One Seg program of digital terrestrial television with up to 7 channels in the device at home, which users can search and view with iPhone, iPad, Android, or PC.
Garapon TV uses external USB enabled hard disc drive to record TV programs and connects with PC connected to the Internet. If the external HDD has 500GB, it is possible to record 24 hours / 30 days of 7 channels.
In addition to EPG information such as titles and descriptions, captions can be subject to search from iPhone, iPad, Android or PC. Garapon TV appends permanent URL to specify titles or scenes which allows users to share the same scene with others. Users have to watch the scenes stored on their own device to prevent sharing or copying of video data itself.
Garapon aims to diffuse Garapon TV as an open platform by providing open API for developers. A sample use cases is to play programs in which a certain talent appears on the talent's fan club site.
The price is 30,000 yen. Currently the company is developing the next version which runs without PC aiming to provide in the winter.
Venture Now 9/21/2010
Garapon TV uses external USB enabled hard disc drive to record TV programs and connects with PC connected to the Internet. If the external HDD has 500GB, it is possible to record 24 hours / 30 days of 7 channels.
In addition to EPG information such as titles and descriptions, captions can be subject to search from iPhone, iPad, Android or PC. Garapon TV appends permanent URL to specify titles or scenes which allows users to share the same scene with others. Users have to watch the scenes stored on their own device to prevent sharing or copying of video data itself.
Garapon aims to diffuse Garapon TV as an open platform by providing open API for developers. A sample use cases is to play programs in which a certain talent appears on the talent's fan club site.
The price is 30,000 yen. Currently the company is developing the next version which runs without PC aiming to provide in the winter.
Venture Now 9/21/2010
CyberAgent Investment invests in online payment service in Vietnam
CyberAgent Investment announced that it invested in Bao Kim E-Commerce JSC to take its 2.5% share. Bao Kim is a subsidiary of Vatgia, Vietnam's largest EC mall operator, in which CyberAgent Investment invests.
CNET 9/22/2010
CNET 9/22/2010
[Asiajin] China’s Rekoo To Distribute Social Games In Japan Through Cell Phone Address Books
Asiajin 9/18/2010
Last summer, Beijing-based social games maker Rekoo launched “Sunshine Ranch” on Japan’s biggest social network, Mixi, and caused a sensation(with 5.1 million users today, it has basically become Japan’s “Farmville”). ...
It closed a deal with Japan’s second biggest mobile carrier, KDDI, under which a social game called Sunshine Kingdom will be distributed with a pretty interesting built-in social hook: how can you leverage those social/viral, low-cost distribution channels without integrating your games into social networks (and having to pay fees to providers)?
Rekoo and KDDI say the answer lies in the “social graph” in one’s personal cell phone address book. When you play the game, you’ll be able to invite KDDI subscribers by selecting names in your phone’s address book (personal contacts on other carriers can be invited as well). It will also be possible to easily spot players who are already active by browsing through the address book.
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Sep 15, 2010
Buzoo provides social game, Mobile Planet for tx.com.cn, largest mobile SNS in China
Social application developer, Buzoo starts to provide its social game, Mobile Planet for China's largest mobile SNS, tx.com.cn. The game is provided for Moba-ge-town since last month.
Mobile Planet is a simulation RPG, which players belong to either of two groups to aim dominating a whole universe.
tx.com.cn was acquired by DeNA in July 2009.
The Second Times, 9/14/2009
Mobile Planet is a simulation RPG, which players belong to either of two groups to aim dominating a whole universe.
tx.com.cn was acquired by DeNA in July 2009.
The Second Times, 9/14/2009
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