Categories Posted inin Technology After spinning it out, Numecent buys back its Approxy cloud-gaming division Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 10, 2014 2 min By buying back Approxy, Numecent hopes to cut more lucrative licensing deals with game publishers. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Why I left the games business for the enterprise cloud Posted byby Jason Wilson October 9, 2014 6 min Games are fun, but the business of games sucks. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Cloudcade raises $1.55M for mid-core mobile game studio with a global focus Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 8, 2014 2 min The team is split between San Francisco and Canada. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Game acquisition mega-deals drove M&A through Q3 to $12.2B, double last year's total Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 6, 2014 2 min Game investment returns hit 11 times in the first nine months of 2014. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Mobile marketing automation leader Appboy scores $15M to increase app & game engagement Posted byby GamesBeat October 2, 2014 3 min The first investor in traditional web-based marketing automation trailblazer Marketo has led an over-subscribed $15 million second round of investment into mobile marketing automation solution... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Playstudios launches new MyVegas Blackjack mobile game with real-world rewards Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 1, 2014 1 min Will Playstudios get blackjack to take off like slot games have? Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology DeltaDNA's and HP Vertica's database research tools help you learn about your players Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 1, 2014 2 min With combined tools, customers will be able to understand gamer behavior better. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Nordeus and Win launch a social sports-betting game on Facebook Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 30, 2014 2 min A branch of an online gambling firm and sports gamemaker team up to create Sportster -- Bet and Win on Facebook. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Amazon completes its $970M acquisition of game-livestreaming firm Twitch Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2014 1 min An SEC filing reveals the deal is final. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The DeanBeat: Tearing down barriers to games and building them back up Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2014 6 min In this new era of gaming, the barriers to success have changed. Continue Reading 6 min