Categories Posted inin Technology Alibaba's investment values Kabam at more than $1B Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 4 min Company says it will publish Lord of the Rings game in China and generate $500M in revenue in 2014. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology East meets West in mobile games as Kabam raises $120M from China's Alibaba Group Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 31, 2014 2 min China's giant Internet firm Alibaba makes its move into Western games via a strategic deal with Kabam. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Tapstream: New SMS-based mobile user acquisition tool has 'order of magnitude' higher returns Posted byby GamesBeat July 29, 2014 2 min Would you send a text to a friend about a hot new app you discovered? Tapstream says you just might, and that its brand-new... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology A trip inside the dream factory where they made 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' (photo gallery) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 4 min DreamWorks Animation's Redwood City, Calif. campus is a high-tech heaven for artists an animators. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology How 'Dragon 2' director used the cloud to create gigantic animated fight sequences Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 8 min DreamWorks Animation remade its animation tool chain to deliver on a director's vision. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Technology How DreamWorks created a visualization system to prototype scenes in 'Dragon 2' Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 3 min Now film directors can get an idea of what a scene will look like before they commit the resources to create the scene. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology How DreamWorks reinvented animation software to make How to Train Your Dragon 2 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 6 min Artists created How to Train Your Dragon 2 using an intuitive new electronic paintbrush. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Technology How DreamWorks made 'Dragon 2' movie with the 'absolute pinnacle' of tech (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 19 min The onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film possible. Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The making of DreamWorks Animation's tech wonder: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2014 6 min This summer's animated blockbuster is a technological wonder, made with visual, cloud, and software technology that represents the state of the art in enterprise computing. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Technology RealNetworks reboots Slingo casual game franchise a year after acquiring it Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 22, 2014 3 min RealNetworks hopes the Slingo brand will differentiate its casino games. It is unveiling Slingo Adventure. Continue Reading 3 min