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(日本語) Istpika2012

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(日本語) 好評「オシャレピア」マルチ展開

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(日本語) Istpika2011

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(日本語) 起業を考えてる方へ~Startups2010で講演しました

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(日本語) Istpika就職ノウハウ!?

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The signs of a social game boom for the iPhone

Minination by DeNA has been released on the App Store.Royal Theif or Bandit Nation is also FREE and now #36 on the Japanese leaderboard. It’s gaining traction in other countries, I wonder how far it’ll go.

From April this year some free apps have started to appear in the top 10 on the App Store. Some of them are social battle games played in browsers.
The top positionwas taken by a Free app.

Zynga had Mafia Wars and other apps in the App Store but they didn’t sell. Pincus also bagged the App Store. But recently each of the apps has In-App purchasing being put into them and re-appearing on the App Store.

Vampires, MafiaWars, StreetRacing are being invested into.
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(日本語) Zyngaが遂にに日本のソーシャルゲームのノウハウを手に入れた?

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(日本語) TweetDeckのススメ

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(日本語) facebook japanにお邪魔してきました。

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Osaka office relocation

We have relocated our Osaka office. In 1 year this is our 3rd move.
This time we’re in the centre of Osaka, Nakazakinishi near Umeda (nearest stations are Nakatsu 1min, Umeda 5mins).

north 5 mins from Umeda. It's the brown bld in front.

Our main dev. studios are Osaka and Tokyo, each focussing on the skillset the staff have acquired. Tokyo: Japanese mobile game dev. Osaka: Global social games, smartphone RnD.
I’m based in Osaka bu travel at least once a week to Tokyo. We plan to relocate the Tokyo office again soon. read more