GungHo Online Entertainment : highly popular puzzle RPG "Puzzle & Dragons" has exceeded 44 million downloads on a cumulative basis since its release.
January 12, 2017 at 07:50 am
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January 5, 2017
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
GungHo's highly popular puzzle RPG "Puzzle & Dragons" has exceeded 44 million downloads on a cumulative basis since its release.
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. ("GungHo") (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) (Representative Director, President and CEO: Kazuki Morishita) today announced that the puzzle role-playing game (RPG) "Puzzle & Dragons", which is available from GungHo on iOS, AndroidTM, and Kindle Fire devices, has exceeded 44 million downloads on a cumulative basis since its release.
"Puzzle & Dragons" currently has been played by users of 34 countries and regions including Japan. In the global market, "Puzzle & Dragons" achieved 2 million downloads in Hong Kong and Taiwan, 2 million downloads in South Korea, 11 million downloads in North America comprising the U.S. and Canada, the number of users has been increasing steadily.
While "Puzzle & Dragons" continues to penetrate the global market, the game has been played by a significant number of users, even after the passage of more than 4 years and a half since its release on February 20, 2012. As a result, the number of downloads in Japan has exceeded 44 million downloads on a cumulative basis on December 24, 2016 on an iOS version, AndroidTM version and Kindle Fire version
combined basis.
Under the philosophy of "pursuing business operations to take on challenges and create new products," at GungHo we will strive to create high-quality game content that can be fully enjoyed by game users around the world, and continue to engage in various initiatives for smartphone applications in the coming years.
Product description
Title:
Puzzle & Dragons
Category:
Puzzle role-playing game (RPG)
Number of Countries
where the game is available online:
34 countries and regions
Compatible devices:
Devices compatible with iOS 6.0 version onwards
Recommended devices for Android OS 4.0 through
6.0 version
*The version of Puzzle & Dragons available online
in Japan is also compatible with Kindle Fire and Fire series.
*The version offered in Europe is available only for iOS-based devices
For press inquiries on this press release, please contact: GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
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GungHo Online Entertainment Inc is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the development of online games via the Internet. The Company is mainly engaged in the planning, development, operation and distribution of smartphone games. The main products in smartphone games are Puzzle & Dragons, Ragnarok M: Eternal Love, Puzzle Radar, Summons Board, Kerihime Sweets, Yokai Watch World, TEPPEN. The Company is also engaged in the planning, development, operation, distribution and sale of consumer game software for home-use game consoles and portable game consoles, the production of game software, as well as the sale of products to customers through wholesale trading companies, retail stores and content distributors.
GUNGHO ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 
