Interesting news in a more business orientated fashion as Sega has announced that they are heading up a new initiative to help cross-promote other
Japanese mobile game developers.
Nintendo struck a deal with
Japanese mobile game developer DeNA to release a total of six smartphone games over a period of two years and the company has now announced that the next two games in that series will be based on its popular franchises «Animal Crossing» and «Fire Emblem.»
Not exact matches
During this year's Games
Developers Conference,
Japanese publisher Bandai Namco showed that it is betting big on online multiplayer for its 2018
mobile game line - up.
Nintendo's 3rd party software support comes almost exclusively from Japan, and all the
Japanese developers have abandoned the traditional
games market for
mobile.
The release of 1942
Mobile comes days after the Japanese video game developer and publisher announced that it will release four of its classic arcade games to mobile de
Mobile comes days after the
Japanese video
game developer and publisher announced that it will release four of its classic arcade
games to
mobile de
mobile devices.
On the show floor of BitSummit, there's quite a few
Japanese mobile games made by indie
developers.
The previous generation was a rough one for
Japanese third party publishers; faced with the triple onslaught of an en masse migration of
Japanese audiences
mobile devices, the struggles of HD development, and the rise of western development for consoles,
Japanese developers found themselves hopelessly outmatched as they tried to keep up, ultimately mostly disappointing long time fans due to misguided
games and entries in long running series that were made with some attempt to appeal to a larger, global audience.
DeNA launches Transformers: Legends —
Japanese mobile developer and publisher and toy maker Hasbro announced the launch of Transformers: Legends, an action card battle
game for Android and iOS.
Bandai Namco Games is a
Japanese arcade,
mobile and home video
game developer and publisher based in Tokyo, Japan.
But fellow
Japanese game developer Yoshiki Okamoto recently told Wired about his decision to abandon console gaming in favor of
mobile.
«I think a lot of
Japanese developers lost their way chasing the
mobile games yen, if you will, but they're coming back to console in a major way.
According to the article's unnamed source, the app will be co-developed by
Japanese developer DeNA, and will be the next
mobile title to be released after Animal Crossing, which fits in with president Tatsumi Kimishima's comments the company will release two or three
mobile games per year.
The
Japanese / Okinawan tablet and
mobile device
developer would like to present to you a 3rd person 360 degree shooting
game, \ «Dark Reaper Shoots!
During this year's Games
Developers Conference,
Japanese publisher Bandai Namco showed that it is betting big on online multiplayer for its 2018
mobile game line - up.
However, it looks like the
Japanese gaming firm is planning to ramp up its
mobile games development by partnering with more
developers.