Sounds fun or disgusting? You be the judge of this Japanese ear picking app. But remember that this strange game has not only been on the number 1 Free Entertainment iPhone ranking and the Android free casual rankings, it has also achieved over 2 million downloads. When you download the game, the user would be Read the full article…

Leading mobile advertising and publishing platform, Tapjoy recently announces partnership Kakao, the largest mobile social platform in Korea. This will allow developers on the Kakao Games platform to monetize their apps through Tapjoy’s market-leading advertising and monetization tools. KaKaoTalk  is a popular mobile messenger app by KaKao and currently has more than 90 million users around Read the full article…

Sirgoo Lee, CEO of Kakao Corporation, shared what made KakaoTalk a hit messaging platform in Korea and its rapid expansion. Born from two failures, KakaoTalk was created by Brian Kim and his founding team as their “killer application.” Having built two web applications that have failed, Buru.com (social bookmarking serice, 2009) and Wisia.com (social ranking Read the full article…

In June 2013, Japanese game developer and publisher Namco Bandai Studios Inc. will be establishing an overseas subsidiary in Singapore at “Media Polis” in the One North district. The new studio in Southeast Asia would be staffed by talents from Japan and local experts in order to develop content that is derived from both Japanese and Read the full article…

FunSpot just signed a major deal with Indonesian telco Telkomsel to accelerate social gaming services for both smartphones and feature phones. FunSpot, a provider of mobile social gaming and entertainment for emerging markets, today announced its partnership with indonesian mobile carrier Telkomsel. This deal will see FunSpot providing Telkomsel’s customers with nine made-for-mobile social games Read the full article…

A tremendously successful game which has dominated the top-grossing app store charts on the worldwide basis for months, Puzzle & Dragons is a game that combines elements of the casual Bejeweled-like gameplay with a hardcore role-playing game. During its peak, the game was generating $2.5 million in revenue a day, the game has received at Read the full article…

Kabam, a San Francisco-based free-to-play game company, has just established a US$50 million fund for Japanese game developers to go global. Japanese videogame developers can now look forward to seeing their creations hit it big in the North American and European markets. As covered by the Wall Street Journal, online game company Kabam has just set up Read the full article…

Thai gamers, look out. The popular NHN Corp game, Undead Slayer, is now available on the Thai App Store in your native language. Last week, NHN Corp, the South Korean giant behind popular chat app, LINE, announced that Thai gamers can now find a Thai version of its game, Undead Slayer on their iOS and Read the full article…

During the late 1990s, Tamagotchi was quite a big thing. Every kid wanted their parents to buy it. Every parent wanted to avoid buying it. Every school teacher wanted to confiscate it. Just in case you do not know what a Tamagotchi is, well, it is a virtual pet kept in a little egg toy Read the full article…

Remember that kitty tower defense game we covered last February called Battle Cats? It snagged top place as free iOS app in Japan. Sure enough, it does not disappoint. Created by Kyoto-based Japanese game developer Ponos, Battle Cats is nothing short of a huge demonstration of feline power. Released November 15, 2012 for iOS and Read the full article…