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Takehiko Terada also predicts middleware will become more specialised for next-gen platforms

A failure to keep pace with changes to the international games market has hit the Japanese games industry hardest. That’s according to a new report on the Japanese industry in weekly trade magazine Famitsu, as translated by Polygon. "This quarter featured tough earnings reports for companies overall," SMBC Nikko Securities …

Puzzle & Dragons maker's stock market value rose above console maker twice this month

Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni developer Level-5 is currently developing three role-playing games for mobile platforms in Japan. Polygon passes on a Famitsu report stating the studio will release all three titles before the end of 2013. The announcement comes following Level-5’s registering of a series of trademarks applying …

Japan-based branch to focus on marketing, public relations and customer support

PlayStation manufacturer cuts back predictions by six per cent

Mike Fischer leaves game publisher for Amazon's digital music and video in Japan

Despite two generations of failure in the Far East, Xbox One will be launched in Japan. "We’re committed to Japan," Don Mattrick said in a roundtable attended by OXM. "We continue to build on our partnerships, we continue to build on our offerings for consumers inside of that space. "We …

Nexon saw solid revenue and profit increases for the first quarter of its fiscal year, thanks to a major sales spike in Japan. The publisher reports Japanese net revenue of 9.9bn yen, a 222 per cent year-over-year increase from the same three-month period during the year prior. The firm’s increase …

Ken Kutaragi to assist with Japanese publisher's business fortunes