Brave Frontier publisher Gumi reinforces its North American push with new Canada branch

Japanese games are having trouble becoming hits in the West. So one publisher is actually coming to the Americas to see if it can break this trend

The Japanese-based mobile developer and publisher Gumi announced today that it has opened Gumi Canada, Inc., in Burnaby, British Columbia. While Gumi has a huge hit in Japan with the mobile role-playing game Brave Frontier, the new studio will focus on developing titles for the North American market. This will enable Gumi to reach more customers and take advantage of the growing mobile market, which could hit $20 billion worldwide this year.