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 ...

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius shuttered its global servers last October, but it was the announcement that Square Enix's mobile stalwart would follow suit with its native Japanese server later this year ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following an investigation, the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency has issued a ban on "kompu gacha" style online social games. Andriasang reports the CAA has ruled the kompu gacha system qualifies as ...

In Japan, gacha machines are those ubiquitous capsule vending machines that dispense random prizes. The concept hasn’t only evolved into video games, but also into the Japanese slang oya-gacha. What ...

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency has formalised the ban on 'complete gacha' mechanics in video games - a move foreseen by several major social developers in the territory. Complete gacha is an ...