Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura and the Miraculous Card has an original story that takes place after Sakura seals the Clow Cards.

Before Senran Kagura became one of Marvelous AQL’s hits, they made busty beat ‘em ups with the Ikki Tousen license. The latest Ikki Tousen title is a social game called Ikki Tousen: Burst Fight which is available for GREE and Mobage.

Because every anime series has to get a social game, Konami is making one for Prince of Tennis. Prince of Tennis: Best Order has over 50 character cards which you can arrange into the dream tennis team.

Capcom has Resident Evil Vs. for GREE and another cutesy Resident Evil social game for Mobage. Everyone’s Resident Evil: Clan Master is a real time team battle game.

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has declared the compu gacha model of monetization in games an illegal offense.

Final Fantasy Brigade has racked up over 2 million users since its January launch.

Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency may crack down on one of social games’ most profitable business models in Japan.

Capcom are releasing two new Sengoku Basara games, both of which use a card-collecting system.

As part of the agreement, Disney and DeNA will work together both on social games, but also in areas involving Disney movies, TV shows and smartphone apps.

Atlas from Final Fantasy XIII-2 appears as a guest boss in Square Enix’s social game Final Fantasy Brigade.

GREE are opening a new studio in San Francisco, while DeNA are opening one in Vancouver.

These images should give you an idea of what Final Fantasy Brigade looks like.

Level 5 and DeNA’s Professor Layton RPG has begun operating in Japan today.

The new company is scheduled to be established in November and will develop titles exclusively for the Mobage platform.