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Playing Dance Dance Revolution On Your iPhone Isn’t Exactly Dancing
I’m all about seeing my favourite franchises represented in the mobile gaming space, but Dance Dance Revolution seems like a series best left to controllers that won’t shatter if you stomp on them. Maybe Dance Dance Revolution: Dance Wars will prove me wrong.
GREE Closes OpenFeint, Gives Game Developers A Month To Avoid A Potential ‘Poor Player Experience’
Before Apple had Game centre it had OpenFeint, a gaming network that brought a cohesive online experience to countless iPhone, iPad and eventually Android games. Some of us may have opted to miss out on its fun features, but for many game developers it was a priceless tool. Come December 14, OpenFeint will be no more.
Check Out The New Metal Gear Made For Social Butterflies
With Metal Gear Social Ops, Metal Gear is returning to smartphones! This time the game is a tap-based card game in which you sneak from point A to point B, pulling off “Stealth Chains” as you go.
That City Building Assassin’s Creed Spin Off Is Actually Fun
Assassin’s Creed Utopia is a new take on the world of Assassin’s Creed. As previously mentioned, you build a 17th century colony and watch it develop right up to the American Revolution. And best of all, it’s pretty damn good.
In Japan, Social Game Makers To Phase Out ‘Gambling’ Elements
Japanese social game makers DeNA and Gree both said they will begin phasing out controversial “complete gacha” elements in their games. Losing $US700 million in one day sure is convincing! [Reuters]
Capsule Toys Are Cool. This Is Not.
We have Gree and DeNA, two huge social gaming companies, to thank for the massive growth in Japan’s social gaming industry. But their business models use a method called “complete gacha”; it is currently being called unfair, and it may be regulated by the Japan’s Consumer Affair Agency.
Japanese Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Lost $400m Today
Think you had a bad day? Japan’s youngest self-made billionaire, Gree honcho Yoshikazu Tanaka, just lost $US400 million.
Is This The Most Daring Pokémon Rip-Off Japan Has Seen?
In years past, whenever Pokémon knock-offs appeared in other countries, Japanese netizens would post them online to laugh and point. This time, it’s not a foreign rip-off. It’s homegrown.
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