Pocket Gems grows fast with its “mobile first” game business
Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded...
Otoy buys Refractive Software and announces cloud-based digital animation technology (exclusive)
Cloud-gaming startup Otoy is making some big moves in advance of next week’s Game Developers Conference, including its first acquisition: the animated film technology...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 in July will focus on disruption, change, and innovation
We’ve unveiled our first speakers and other details for our fourth annual game conference, GamesBeat 2012. Our roster of speakers includes Will Wright, creator...
Iddiction’s App-o-Day aims to cure App Store discovery woes with “Groupon for apps”
Discovery is still a huge problem on the Apple App Store, with 578,716 active apps and no sure-fire way to stand out. Iddiction hopes...
Ludei’s CocoonJS enables blazing-fast HTML5 mobile games (exclusive)
As the lingua franca for the web, HTML5 is becoming the format of choice for making cross-platform apps. But when it comes to games,...
Aeria Games joins the mobile-gaming fray
Aeria Games, one of the players in the free-to-play online game market, is moving into mobile games with the announcement today of its Aeria...
Kiip entices more game developers into its mobile-rewards network
Rewards-network Kiip is about to kick off a big effort to get more game developers to use its mobile program. The company is announcing...
John Schappert explains Zygna’s strategy for moving beyond Facebook (interview)
John Schappert is the chief operating officer at Zynga. Today, the company is releasing one of his team’s big projects, formerly code-named Project Z,...
Zynga launches Zynga.com, to expand beyond Facebook in a big way
In a gigantic strategic step, Zynga announced today that it is launching a new Zynga.com destination website where users can play its social games...
Social game startup Rounds launches We The Kings game (exclusive)
Rounds, the maker of a platform that combines video chat and social apps, has launched a new web-based game that incorporates interactive music video...