{"id":6439,"date":"2013-02-26T12:26:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2013-02-26T12:26:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:26:03","slug":"gaming-industry-news-gaming-industry-veteran-keiji-fujita-appointed-vice-president-of-adways-north-american-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/gaming-industry-news-gaming-industry-veteran-keiji-fujita-appointed-vice-president-of-adways-north-american-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming Industry News: Gaming Industry Veteran Keiji Fujita Appointed Vice President of Adways North American Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adways Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs184\/1101398907811\/img\/929.jpg?w=600\"  name=\"13d15f8b7116466a_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.929\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\">Gaming Industry Veteran Keiji Fujita Appointed<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Vice President of Adways North American Headquarters<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Recently established San Francisco office ready to help game developers get a foothold in Japan.<!--more--><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table width=\"238\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\" width=\"238\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keiji Fujita (Mii)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs184\/1101398907811\/img\/930.jpg?resize=228%2C228\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" name=\"13d15f8b7116466a_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.930\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">Keiji Fujita<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Adways Interactive, a U.S. subsidiary of one of Japan&#8217;s leading mobile game publishers and also Japan&#8217;s top mobile ad network, today announced they have hired mobile gaming veteran, Keiji Fujita as the Vice President of Game Business.<\/div>\n<p>Fujita (formerly of Square Enix and Taito) has transferred to the North American branch in the San Francisco area. The office will serve as headquarters for Adways U.S. sales and marketing activities, as well as North American developer relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am excited for this opportunity to lead the gaming division at Adways U.S. office, and I am looking to serve as a bridge for U.S. and European mobile game developers who are interested in bringing their games to the Japanese market,&#8221; said Fujita. &#8220;We know the market as a leading publisher as well as a top distribution network. I believe we are in a very unique position to help U.S. and European developers succeed in Japan and Asia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adways has launched three top 5 grossing iPhone games in Japan to date. Adways also runs AppDriver, the largest CPI ad network in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming Industry Veteran Keiji Fujita Appointed Vice President of Adways North American Headquarters Recently established San Francisco office ready to help game developers get a foothold in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-and-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-1FR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6069,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/moga-mobile-gaming-system-expands-to-include-console-style-moga-pro-controller\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":0},"title":"MOGA Mobile Gaming System Expands to Include Console-Style MOGA Pro Controller","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"January 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"MOGA Pro Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas This Week\u00a0 PowerA\u2122\u00a0unveils a new addition to the MOGA\u2122 Mobile Gaming System at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11 -- the console-style MOGA Pro Controller. MOGA Pro is a full-featured mobile game controller that transforms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"104","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/104-246x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5004,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/activision-selects-swrve-for-continuous-ab-testing-and-mobile-game-optimization\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":1},"title":"Activision Selects Swrve for Continuous A\/B testing and Mobile Game OPTIMIZATION","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"July 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"July 26, 2012 Andrea Emmes Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that the company has signed a licensing agreement with\u00a0Swrve\u00a0New Media, a leading platform for in-game behavioral analytics and A\/B testing in mobile applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Activision\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5050,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/game-industry-interview-with-evan-donohue\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":2},"title":"Game Industry Interview with Evan Donohue","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"July 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"July 28, 2012 By Andrea Emmes In my quest to become the best game designer\u00a0 I possibly can be and as I was finishing my degree, I happened to stumble upon a fellow game designer named Evan Donohue. It seems that Evan and I share similar interests in our career\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/TempImage-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5339,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/the-invasion-begins-truthr-releases-new-mobile-game-flavor-monsters\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":3},"title":"The Invasion Begins: truth(R) Releases New Mobile Game Flavor Monsters","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"September 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"GAME SPECS: The game is available for free download on iOS 4+ and most Android 2.2+ devices. Usersmust\u00a0 connect to wifi to download the game. For iOS 4+: iPhone 4+, iTouch 4TH Generation, iPad 2+ or better. For Android: Version 2.2 & 4 and devices with higher level chipset (Snapdragon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/flavor-300x167.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4907,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/game-industry-interview-with-jason-martin\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":4},"title":"Game Industry Interview with Jason Martin","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"July 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"July 18, 2012 By Andrea Emmes Jason Martin. What a lovely, quirky, mad crazy talented man. I have known Jason for a million years, and damn if we do not look GOOD! Seriously, I've known him for almost 14 years.\u00a0 We met working at Walt Disney World, same as with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMartin_Pensive-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5147,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/game-industry-interview-with-justin-fitzwater\/","url_meta":{"origin":6439,"position":5},"title":"Game Industry Interview with Justin Fitzwater","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"August 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"August 4, 2012 By Andrea Emmes Have you ever heard of a little something called Social Media? You know, this tiny little website thingy called Facebook or the birdy Twitter? Well, my friend Justin Fitzwater knows A LOT about them. He has a really cool job where he posts on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/jf-191x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6441,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439\/revisions\/6441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}