Mobile gaming remains just as popular as ever in Japan, but "gacha" developers are reportedly looking to move away from gambling-centric games as China and South Korea expand into the market. The ...

Japan's new regulations banning "complete gacha" in mobile games could pave the way for stronger growth of alternative games segments and offer opportunities for overseas players, especially from ...

The joint project "Gacha & Catch" between Japan Entertainment One Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation; ...

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Stock in Japan’s two leading social game companies have taken a serious tumble following word of a government crackdown. Japanese social game companies Gree and DeNA agreed in April to impose limits ...

A new concept store in Los Angeles called Gacha & Catch will be open for six months as a test for the public's appetite for ...

In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake — people in Japan already had the ability to play games directly onto their ...

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (which is similar to the United States’ Federal Trade Commission) has declared the once-ubiquitous mobile-social game mechanic of “complete gacha” to be illegal, ...

Tower of Fantasy update 5.5 launches soon, with a new server that reworks the gacha game into the MMO title we expected years ...

Japanese social game publishers have joined together to lay down their own set of guidelines concerning the controversial "complete gacha" sales method in the face of government regulation, pledging ...

Six Japanese social game publishers, including powerhouses Gree and DeNA, will put an end to the "complete gacha" microtransactions that drew the attention of the government's Consumer Affairs Agency.