Categories Posted inin Technology 2012 investment: Busting myths by looking deeper at the numbers Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2013 4 min Why you shouldn't believe the three myths about investing in games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology David Ko puts up the ‘guard rails’ at Zynga to keep costs under control (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 6, 2013 7 min The No. 2 exec at Zynga is trying to contain costs as the company shifts its weight into mobile gaming. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga gets its mojo back with higher-than-expected sales and a small Q4 profit Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 5, 2013 4 min While Zynga is still technically losing money in the fourth quarter, its earnings report is cheering up the stock market. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Betable’s partnership with Frima’s 3Oak will put a new twist on real-money gambling games Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2013 5 min Betable's deal with 3Oak is the first that will apply real-money gambling to non-casino games. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Koolbit expands into real-money casino games on mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2013 2 min Koolbit has flipped the switch on its mobile casino games, and they are now available as real-money online and mobile-gambling titles in the United Kingdom. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Former chief game designer Brian Reynolds: On Zynga, games, and the future Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 1, 2013 5 min The former chief game designer of Zynga explains his own exit. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology PlayerScale handles behind-the-scenes infrastructure for games — and 100 million players Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2013 1 min The company offloads the infrastructure tasks for 4,000 game developers. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2013 7 min The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology SAP launches an analytics dashboard for NFL.com fantasy football fans Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2013 1 min You can get all sorts of data on fantasy football players with the SAP dashboard. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology King.com’s Candy Crush Saga beats Zynga with top social-mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 17, 2013 3 min For the first time in years, Zynga does not have the top game in daily users on Facebook. Continue Reading 3 min