Case Study: GungHo Online Entertainment achieves immersive real-world gaming experiences with Google Cloud Platform

GungHo Online Entertainment Creating immersive 3D landscapes for Yo-kai Watch World

GungHo Online Entertainment, a Japan-based gaming company, wanted to create a novel real-world game that could recreate the universe of Yo-kai Watch on a 3D map of Japan. Using Google Cloud Platform’s Google Maps Platform gaming solution, the company faced the challenge of building an interactive, realistic environment that would feel like a game rather than a navigation tool.

Google Cloud Platform helped GungHo implement a detailed 3D world with customizable roads, buildings, parks, and landmarks through the Maps Unity SDK, plus accurate daily-updated location data and scalable infrastructure. The result was Yo-kai Watch World, which delivered immersive gameplay and reached more than 2 million downloads in just two months, while also scaling smoothly during spikes in gameplay.

GungHo Online Entertainment

Koichi Nobori

Chief Programmer, Development Division