GREE – Japanese developer shuts down all Western offices and studios

[Source] According to reports, Japanese developer GREE has closed all its Western offices and studios, at the same time laying off all employees in them. The locations affected include Melbourne (Australia), San Francisco (USA), and Berlin (Germany). According to GREE,…

GREE International – Former mobile giant lays off 30% of employees

[Source] GREE, headquartered in Japan, recently confirmed that its North America subsidiary, GREE International, has laid off 30% of the employees in its San Francisco studio this week. Once a heavyweight along with DeNA and Gungho, the company is struggling to…

Knights and Dragons – Addictive hero collection while on the move

Knights and Dragons was originally out a few months back, but a friend of mine told me how the game recently got updated with a guilds feature, and I decided to give the game a short try. The game turned…

GREE – Reports claim mobile gaming giant closing China operations

After retrenching about 40% of the team in San Francisco, Japanese mobile games giant GREE announced that the China office will be shutting down as well, with all employees’ final day on 28th June 2013. This news is being reported in…

Lineage: The Second Moon – First of many NCsoft mobile games to come

NCsoft’s first mobile game based on its hit online games, Lineage: The Second Moon, launched in Japan recently. Co-developed with mobile giant, GREE, the storyline of the game takes place within the Lineage Online lore, with heroes becoming cards.  …

Attack on Titan: Wings of Rebellion – Mobile game for new anime revealed

It seems like more animes have their own mobile games these days, as Attack on Titan is the latest to join in. The first anime episode just aired a couple of days back, and my was it awesome. Attack on…

Sword Art Online: World’s End – Game launches in Japan

Delayed for several months, Sword Art Online: World’s End, finally launched in Japan under the GREE mobile platform at the end of February. The game has no flashy 3D graphics, and it is based mostly on 2D images and minimal…

Lineage – Mobile game to surface early next year in Japan

GREE is 1 of Japan’s biggest mobile gaming company, and it was announced back in July that a deal was signed with NCsoft for the mobile version of Blade & Soul. However, according to GREE’s latest report, the game in…