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 ...

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 ...

The head offices of Kitan Club strike one as more toy shop than corporate outpost. Visitors are greeted at the main entrance by life-size figures of a shoebill and a gorilla, and toys great and small ...

Whether you’re familiar with or completely new to gacha games, there’s a wide variety of options to choose from. From sci-fi to fantas, and even dress-up games, gacha appeals to a wide audience, and ...

Rie Takumi is a freelance list writer. Aside from budgeting for gacha and vtuber superchats, they watch hockey and crochet to relax, which is ironic but that's how it goes. Gacha games are a dime a ...