Gabe Leydon, CEO of Machine Zone, is the man on the Iron Throne of mobile games.
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An interview with Gabe Leydon, Machine Zone’s man on the Iron Throne

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Gabe Leydon, the chief executive of Machine Zone, is the man on the Iron Throne of mobile gaming.

His company’s Game of War: Fire Age has been in the top-grossing charts ever since its release in the summer of 2013. And this summer, more than two years after its release, it became No. 1, eclipsing King’s Candy Crush Saga match-3 puzzler and Supercell’s Clash of Clans strategy game.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.