Insp. Chin
18-05-11, 11:20 AM
TECMO KOEI Singapore Pte Ltd today announced its plans to develop high quality social games titles for the global arena, beginning with Facebook games, and eventually having a plethora of games across mobile and networked social platforms.
TECMO KOEI, renowned among gamers for its action games such as Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors, is making a strategic leap into social games. Mr Shintaro Kobayashi, Senior Executive Director of TECMO KOEI GAMES, the parent company of TECMO KOEI Singapore, sees social games opening up new markets for the company.
"We want to expand our footprint globally through social games, particularly into the casual gamers markets. The Singapore studio will be instrumental in this strategy," said Mr Kobayashi, who is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of TECMO KOEI Singapore. While TECMO KOEI has already launched social games titles for its own domestic Japanese mobile market, the Singapore studio will be responsible for titles targeted at a global audience.
Mr Kobayashi further revealed that the Singapore studio will not stop at just games for Facebook, which has a target audience of more than 600 million users. The Singapore studio will also develop titles for other social platforms, including those for smart-phones.
The Singapore studio also unveiled its first title for the Facebook platform. Titled JollyWood, it is a simulation game for light casual users. The objective of the game is to create getaways of fun and relaxation amidst scenic landscapes. The game will be officially in service from 18th May 2011. Revenues of the game will come from in-game item purchases.
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TECMO KOEI GAMES unveils first game on Facebook, JollyWood
As children we all dreamed of the perfect Tree-house. Stretching high into the branches of a huge tree and elaborately designed – a place to hide-away, call our own and show off to our friends. Now in JollyWood that perfect Tree-house is at our finger tips, all you need is the imagination to build it and the friends to share it with.
Experience the fun of designing a great tree of excitement, not only for you and your friends but also for the little forest animals of JollyWood. Facilities range from a Jacuzzi for relaxation to exciting Amusement Park Rides for fun and excitement; from easily imaginable gadgets like ladders and suspension bridges, to those beyond imagination! All are at your finger-tips.
So, hop on and have a jolly good time with all your friends!!
Product Overview
JollyWood is a social network game on Facebook with a wildlife habitat theme. The objective of this game is to create fun and exciting getaway spots amidst scenic landscapes for the little forest animals of JollyWood. While planning, building up and decorating your dream getaway, you manage the resources, complete more quests to unlock even more interesting facilities, gadgets, and decorations!
You unlock, buy and build facilities which attract other animal visitors to their tree; place and connect these facilities using interesting gadgets that connect them so that the visitors can move about the tree freely. You can also collect generous tips from happy visitors and must be quick to tend to angry visitors when facilities are out of service by replenishing supplies.
In this game, you do not play alone. You can cooperate with your friends to solve quests together, offering each other helping hands in the building of each getaway spot, and even organize expedition with your friends to gather more supplies and so on.
With the great variety of facilities, gadgets, and decorations, you will be able to decorate uniquely-themed trees of their own imagination!
To play JollyWood, please go to: apps.facebook.com/jollywood (http://apps.facebook.com/jollywood)
To access the Facebook fan page, please go to: facebook.com/JollyWood.TecmoKoei (http://www.facebook.com/JollyWood.TecmoKoei)
To access more product information, please go to: www.gamecity.ne.jp/jollywood/eg (http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/jollywood/eg)
TECMO KOEI, renowned among gamers for its action games such as Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors, is making a strategic leap into social games. Mr Shintaro Kobayashi, Senior Executive Director of TECMO KOEI GAMES, the parent company of TECMO KOEI Singapore, sees social games opening up new markets for the company.
"We want to expand our footprint globally through social games, particularly into the casual gamers markets. The Singapore studio will be instrumental in this strategy," said Mr Kobayashi, who is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of TECMO KOEI Singapore. While TECMO KOEI has already launched social games titles for its own domestic Japanese mobile market, the Singapore studio will be responsible for titles targeted at a global audience.
Mr Kobayashi further revealed that the Singapore studio will not stop at just games for Facebook, which has a target audience of more than 600 million users. The Singapore studio will also develop titles for other social platforms, including those for smart-phones.
The Singapore studio also unveiled its first title for the Facebook platform. Titled JollyWood, it is a simulation game for light casual users. The objective of the game is to create getaways of fun and relaxation amidst scenic landscapes. The game will be officially in service from 18th May 2011. Revenues of the game will come from in-game item purchases.
http://upload.koei.co.uk/images/jollywood.jpg
TECMO KOEI GAMES unveils first game on Facebook, JollyWood
As children we all dreamed of the perfect Tree-house. Stretching high into the branches of a huge tree and elaborately designed – a place to hide-away, call our own and show off to our friends. Now in JollyWood that perfect Tree-house is at our finger tips, all you need is the imagination to build it and the friends to share it with.
Experience the fun of designing a great tree of excitement, not only for you and your friends but also for the little forest animals of JollyWood. Facilities range from a Jacuzzi for relaxation to exciting Amusement Park Rides for fun and excitement; from easily imaginable gadgets like ladders and suspension bridges, to those beyond imagination! All are at your finger-tips.
So, hop on and have a jolly good time with all your friends!!
Product Overview
JollyWood is a social network game on Facebook with a wildlife habitat theme. The objective of this game is to create fun and exciting getaway spots amidst scenic landscapes for the little forest animals of JollyWood. While planning, building up and decorating your dream getaway, you manage the resources, complete more quests to unlock even more interesting facilities, gadgets, and decorations!
You unlock, buy and build facilities which attract other animal visitors to their tree; place and connect these facilities using interesting gadgets that connect them so that the visitors can move about the tree freely. You can also collect generous tips from happy visitors and must be quick to tend to angry visitors when facilities are out of service by replenishing supplies.
In this game, you do not play alone. You can cooperate with your friends to solve quests together, offering each other helping hands in the building of each getaway spot, and even organize expedition with your friends to gather more supplies and so on.
With the great variety of facilities, gadgets, and decorations, you will be able to decorate uniquely-themed trees of their own imagination!
To play JollyWood, please go to: apps.facebook.com/jollywood (http://apps.facebook.com/jollywood)
To access the Facebook fan page, please go to: facebook.com/JollyWood.TecmoKoei (http://www.facebook.com/JollyWood.TecmoKoei)
To access more product information, please go to: www.gamecity.ne.jp/jollywood/eg (http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/jollywood/eg)