Entries in 'Japan' (377)
Decline in boxed software sales is hitting Japanese market hardest
A failure to keep pace with changes to the international games market has hit the Japanese games industry hardest.
Trio of Level-5 developed mobile RPGs in the works for Japan
Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni developer Level-5 is currently developing three role-playing games for mobile platforms in Japan.
Microsoft reasserts its commitment to Japan
Despite two generations of failure in the Far East, Xbox One will be launched in Japan.
Nexon reports positive quarter, poor performance in North America
Nexon saw solid revenue and profit increases for the first quarter of its fiscal year, thanks to a major sales spike in Japan.
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Man Utd signs social games deal with mobile publisher Gloops
Premier League football club Manchester United has struck a deal that will see official social games launch in Japan.
Japanese gamers face RRP hike for Tomb Raider language support
Tomb Raider fans in Japan are being asked to buy $30 worth of additional content if purchasing the game on Steam.
The Japanese video games market actually GREW in the last 12 months
The Japanese video games market grew by 1.2 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending March 31st.
Inafune: Japanese devs "don't know what to do or how to do it"
Former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune has once again lashed out at Japanese games developers and the state of games development in the region.
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Codemasters owners buys Asian mobile firms
Codemasters parent company Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired new studios in Korea and Japan with a view to increase its footprint in the two markets.
Vita sales quadruple in Japan
Sony Japan’s president Hiroshi Kawano has revealed that sales for Playstation Vita are up 400 per cent in Japan.
Japanese Wii U sales fall behind PlayStation Vita
Nintendo’s Wii U failed to outsell Sony’s struggling PlayStation Vita in Japan last week.
PS4 will arrive in "at least" one region this year
UK retail may be advertising the PS4 as due in 2013, but its arrival in Europe before Christmas is anything but guaranteed.
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Sony announces Japanese Vita price cut
The price of the PlayStation Vita has been cut by around £35 in Japan.
Microsoft Points currency conversion has Japan devs avoiding Xbox 360
Microsoft’s policy regarding the exchange of MS Points for currency is leaving Japanese developers on the short end compared to their peers, according to G.Rev boss Hiroyuki Maruyama.
Animal Crossing helps push 3DS sales past 10m in Japan
The popularity of Nintendo’s 3DS in Japan shows no signs of abating with the device having now sold over 10m units in the territory.
Japanese PS2 production halted - the first step toward PS4?
Sony has stopped manufacturing the amazingly successful PS2 in Japan.
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Zynga Japan office shutting down
Zynga will be closing its offices in Japan by the end of January, according to the company's head of operations in the territory.
GREE to co-sponsor Japan's 2020 Olympics bid
Social games giant GREE has been named as the co-sponsor of Japan’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Wii U sold 307k in its first week in Japan - report
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Wii U sold 307,471 units in its first week on sale in Japan.
Amazon App Store arrives in Japan
Amazon has opened its Android Appstore for business in Japan.
Black Ops II debuts at No.2 in the Japanese charts
Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II has debuted in second place in the weekly Japanese software chart.
Japan finally bans the R4 DS piracy device
A case of closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted?
Nintendo releases second Pokemon iOS app
An interactive Pokemon encyclopaedia called Pokemon Zukan has been launched on the Japanese Apple App Store.
Animal Crossing propels 3DS skywards in Japan; Outsells Vita by 47:1
Sales of the PlayStation Vita have fallen to an all-time low in Japan, but that’s not Sony’s biggest concern this week.
