Peak Games dominates mobile social games in the Middle East and Turkey
After three years, the Istanbul startup has more than 11.8 million daily active players.
What Xbox Live Compute (Microsoft's cloud) means for you (interview)
Microsoft isn't sure if it will ever unload Xbox One's visuals into the cloud, but it anticipates that the system will last longer thanks to its Xbox Live Compute system.
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GamesBeat speaker spotlight: Facebook’s Sean Ryan on evolving social games
The head of game partnerships at Facebook will describe where Facebook stands with games on its platform and with mobile.
In BetAmerica's The Twitter Game, you bet on which celebrity will tweet the most
You can create your own fantasy sports-like team of celebrities. You win if they tweet the most in a day.
IGT launches Monopoly-themed version of DoubleDown Casino
The world's biggest casino slot machine maker pulls down a big license for its social game.
Big data blocks gaming fraud
Developers, particularly startups that are rising and falling on a single game, are losing significant revenue as savvy social game players figure out how to “game” the system by stealing currency rather than buying it.
How Kixeye is adapting its social games to mobile
SAN FRANCISCO — Publisher Kixeye has generated big revenues from hardcore social games on Facebook, and it’s a new phase of investing heavily in mobile games as players shift to tablets and smartphones and away from playing PC-based games on Facebook or the web.
Wargaming’s Austin office doubling in size to focus on analytics
Analytics experts are in high demand at Wargaming. This shows the need for a new skill in the free-to-play games market.