Japan's CyberAgent group has more than 30 million of social game users

CyberAgent is a Japanese Internet ad agency. However, they has a lot of social game development subsidiaries and became the Japanese main social game company now. Today, they announced that users of their social game broke through 30 million.

"Rage of Bahamut" of Cygames contributes to this most.

This has 10 million users now in Mobage of all over the world. They occupy a one-third of the whole.

Grenge, joint subsidiary of CyberAgent and mixi provides "Sengoku SAGA" in mixi game and CyberAgent's platform Ameba. This is a card battle game that Japanese warring states period of the themes, and one of the popular social games of the mixi game.

Subsidiary CyberX provides sports social game "NBA 2K ALL STARS" in GREE.

Subsidiary Applibot provides gang smartphone game "Gang Road" for iOS and Android.

Subsidiary Sumzap provides monster upbringing social game "Monster Frontier" for iOS, Android and CyberAgent's platform Ameba. Furthermore, they released smartphone game "LEGEND OF THE CRYPTIDS" in the EU and US market, and it was ranked the 2nd place of the sales ranking of US App Store.


As well as these, CyberAgent has many social games and subsidiaries. They cover all of Japanese main platforms such as Mobage, GREE, mixi, iOS and Android. Furthermore, they run their own platform Ameba. By the way, the overseas ratio among their social game business sales is about 20%.

GREE starts the TV anime broadcast with release of new social game "Zettai Bouei Leviathan"

GREE announced their new original social game "Zettai Bouei Leviathan（絶対防衛レヴィアタン）". It is released in April.

This is the social RPG for smartphones which personified a character of the fantasy world such as a dragon and the fairy. They start the broadcast of the TV anime with the release of this. Anime studio GONZO deals with the production of this

Anime official site is here.

GREE made anime of their social game in the past.

See Also:
Social game anime of GREE
GREE propels the character business of their social games

However, they had the results of the hit as the social game. However, "Zettai Bouei Leviathan" is a complete new works. There is not the popularity beforehand. This is a big GAME for GREE.

News Flash: Apple started e-book sale in Japan

Apple just released iBooks 3.1ver. and it was important update in Japan. Because...

Japanese e-books were sold in iBookStore. Japanese iBooks had only overseas e-books and public domain e-books until now. However, there is full of bestseller books now. Popular comics ONE PIECE and popular light novel Haruhi Suzumiya are included in them, too! The main publishing companies participating in iBooks are Kadokawa group, Kodansha, Shueisha, Gentousha, PHP Institute, Kobunsha...etc. They are major publishing companies all.
This will become the big menace for Japanese e-book platforms.

"Nameko" is popular all over the world

Japan's Beeworks announced the number of the downloading of their popular smartphone game series "Nameko Saibai Kit(Mushroom Garden　a.k.a. Funghi Gardening Kit)". They release 3 Nameko game for smartphones now.

Mushroom Garden　a.k.a. Funghi Gardening Kit
Mushroom Garden Seasons
Mushroom Garden Deluxe
(All these links are iOS, but there are these Android versions, too.)

The total downloading number of Nameko series exceeds 28 million now.

Surprisingly all these are free apps. Besides, even as for the ads in apps, most are the ads of their games. Probably the most of the profit of Nameko are goods selling. They do not announce the details of the amount. However, it should be a vast. It just resembles business of Angry Birds.

By the way, Nameko Saibai Kit Seasons(Mushroom Garden Seasons) updated today. This theme is "North American spring". This is very cute!

Nameko wears a ten-gallon hat! :)

"Information gathering listening E.I.A." - which studies English listening by wiretapping

Many Japanese are weak in English. In particular, we are weak in listening and speaking. However, the study is boring. Therefore this attractive iOS apps "Information gathering listening E.I.A." helps us.

This is study apps to train listening of the English conversation in a game form. We become a spy, listen in on various English conversation and make a report.

At first, we reply the questions of the boss and measure an English level.

Oh! I am a beginner!

And we receive a passport from a boss and listen in on the conversation of people in various towns.

This is the screenshot of the wiretapping scene. A nostalgic atmosphere is cool!

After having listened in, we make the report about the contents. In other words it is a test, and answer time is set a limit.

Yeah! I was a perfect score!

We can play 5 stages in free of charge. We can purchase the passports except them for 170 - 250yen(1.8 - 2.6USD).

This is gamification of the English conversation listening. We can study although being a fun because it is a game.

Combine a Centaur and Instagram --- Kenstagram

Now, funny Instagram parody apps is a topic in Japan. This is Kenstagram.

It is similar at a glance to other camera apps. 10 kinds of filters are cool and And it has the functions that Instagram does not have.

However, when we applied a filter, Centaur gets into photo.

This has various Centaur and is completely random what kind of Centaur gets into photo. And we can post a photo not only Twitter and Facebook but also Instagram and LINE.

Why Centaur? I don't know. However, it is fun and interesting. We usually use the camera apps to take cool photo. However, we come to take a photo while we use Kenstagram to watch Centaur.
In addition, the explanation of App Store is cool, too!

Social game of Ameba Pigg starts a tie-up quest with Sanrio

Social game "Pigg Island" of Japanese popular virtual world Ameba Pigg started a tie-up quest with the Sanrio character "Little twin Stars"

Pigg Island is a social game for PCs which we can play with own avatar of Ameba Pigg. We can search for various islands, collect material, make furnitures, exterior items, musical instruments and decorate own island by them.

In this tie-up quest, we collect various material in Little twin Stars island.

And we make various items of Little twin Stars using them.

We can bet more cute items when we clear all the quests.

I think that this is effective in fixing brand image to people than selling tie-up items. The people do not forget the thing which they got by own action.

Only in Japan: Bandai releases panties of smartphones

Japan has various Gacha(Capsule toy vending machine). The people can get interesting toy and goods for the 100~300 yen(about 1~3USD).  Toy company Bandai releases funny Gacha this month. It is panties for smartphones.

They say, "Protect a home button", "These are world's first panties of the smartphone". The lineup is 8 kinds including a secret. And they apply for a patent on this. Now, they accepted a reservation for a supplier, but it was too popular, so they were sold out soon.
By the way, this Gacha 1 time is 200 yen. Do you want the panties of the smartphone for 200 yen? You may provoke the laughter of the friend if you had it.

Battleships of the Japanese empire navy are personified as girls in a social game

Personification is the Japanese proud skill. The Japanese personified every thing from ancient times. Kadokawa Games and DMM release the simulation social game that personified battleships of the Japanese empire navy to girls "Kan Colle" in this spring.

Kan Colle is a simulation social game for PCs. Players become an admiral and form a combined fleet. However, all the battleships are girls.

Fubuki-class destroyer

Aircraft carrier Akagi

Battleship Ise

Destroyer Miyuki

Destroyer Ayanami

Destroyer Shimakaze

Cruiser Sendai

Players strengthen them by practice and supply. Furthermore, we can give the equipment to them(ex. The carrier can carry a carrier-based plane). It is like the changing clothes.

And it is a battle between players that  personified effect appears. When they are hit, it becomes in this way.

Even if we lose if we can watch such an artwork, we are not regrettable :) Battleship girls more than 100 appear in this game. Besides, they have a voice and talk.

Of course we can simulate the full-scale sea fight, too. All their specifications data are made from a real battleship.