Gamer globe: The top 100 countries by 2014 game revenue
Gamers will spend $82 billion in 2014 on Clash of Clans, FIFA 2014, and millions of other games.
Essential strategies for soft-launching your mobile game
If you’re ready to launch a mobile game, competition is stiff – there are more than 200,000 games in the App Store – but opportunity is vast – mobile game usage grew 66% last year. That means getting it right the first time is critical, because if you don’t, you risk losing your audience and could jeopardize your game’s monetization.
Exclusive: Zynga affirms its support of LGBT people & their rights after launching Duck Dynasty slots game
Zynga's experienced a host of problems over the last couple of years. You might want to add a public-relations kerfuffle to that list now.
Analytics in action: a billion to one (Part 2)
Data mining is great fun for analysts. But there are certain things that will remove the smiles and create frustration for analysts and their co-workers alike.
Announcing GamesBeat University at our sixth annual GamesBeat 2014 conference
We'll have speakers that can help you figure out the right thing to do in your game business.
Zynga departures finish new CEO's complete makeover of the management team
Travis Boatman, mobile game exec, and Terence Fung, biz dev guy, are the latest to leave.
Panning for gold: a billion to one (Part 1)
The advent of online games has put the games industry in the privileged position of being able to track every data event that a player undertakes. However, the challenge lies in unlocking that big data to create actionable insights that can make environments more fun, boost player engagement and drive revenues.
Let's kick off the Who's Got Game Innovation Showdown 2014
We'll look for the best game startup at our sixth annual GamesBeat conference on Sept. 15 and Sept. 16.
Asia will account for 82 percent of the $6B global game-market growth this year
PC games will be the largest category with 40 percent of revenues.
Samsung is making a VR headset to beat Oculus VR and Sony's Project Morpheus
It looks like virtual-reality headsets are headed for the mainstream. Fast. Samsung’s mobile division is now working on a VR headset, reports today say. The new...