How GungHo launched its bubblegum fighting game Ninjala in the pandemic
I interviewed Kazuki Morishita, the president of GungHo Entertainment, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2018 in Los Angeles. That seems like ages...
Puzzle & Dragons comes to Switch with a PvP focus
GungHo Online Entertainment today announced Puzzle & Dragons Gold. It’s launching on Nintendo Switch later this year. This is a new entry in the...
GungHo aims for broader audience with Ninjala bubblegum game
GungHo Online Entertainment has been printing money with its Puzzle & Dragons mobile game in Japan. But the Tokyo company is trying different strategies...
Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo taps Signal Studios to build mobile game
GungHo Online Entertainment America has tapped developer Signal Studios to make a new mobile game. The deal brings together GOEA, the U.S. division of...
GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons passes 11 million downloads in North America
GungHo Online Entertainment America said today that its mobile game Puzzle & Dragons has surpassed 11 million downloads in North America since its release in...
GungHo looks beyond Puzzles & Dragons — to Japan’s gaming iconoclast
GungHo Online Entertainment is in an interesting phase of its business. The game studio is no longer part of Softbank, the giant Japanese telecom company....
SoftBank plans to sell Puzzle & Dragons maker in deal valued at $685 million
SoftBank Group plans to sell most of its stake in GungHo Online Entertainment to management of the game publisher in deal valued at ¥73...
Google Play’s game-related revenues are growing twice as fast as iOS
The rise of the Asian and Pacific markets are helping Android games grow at a rapid rate.
Clash of Clans, Puzzle & Dragons working together again to further dominate global gaming
Clash of Clans characters, enemies, and more invade Puzzle & Dragons in SuperCell's first collaboration with GungHo since the latter company invested big bucks in the former.
Puzzle & Dragons developer and SoftBank invest $1.5 billion in Clash of Clans studio
Finnish developer Supercell claims it will remain independent and will use the cash to move into global publishing.