is a vertical search engine, video game database and social networking site to distribute gaming news, rankings, cheats, downloads and reviews owned and operated by Eastbeam Co. Ltd. of Japan.
As a vertical search engine, it indexes gaming sites and categorizes the information as news, reviews, cheats, downloads, previews and articles.
[3][4] By 2008, however, Wazap had failed to gain traction outside of Japan, and its German, Chinese and American operations were closed down.
In 2007, Wazap AG (Germany) earned a 2007 Red Herring Award – European Division.
[7] The Red Herring award is noted as a valuable tool in measuring companies that will serve as leaders of innovation in the field of technology.