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Tapjoy keeps looking for creative ways to monetize mobile app users (video interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 19, 2012
2 min

Tapjoy chief executive Mihir Shah speaks to GamesBeat about his company's trouble on iOS, huge success on Android, and multimillion dollar developer-funding efforts.

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Estonia accelerator flooded with 122 game startup applications

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2012
1 min

It looks like there is pent-up demand for a game accelerator in Europe. GameFounders announced today that it received 122 applications from game startups...

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1 min

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Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2012
2 min

Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.

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Miniclip relaunches massive game portal as a mobile-friendly site (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 17, 2012
2 min

Miniclip has been around for more than a decade as an extremely popular casual and hardcore games portal. But the company is making its...

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Zynga designers help Pulitzer Prize winners create social charity game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2012
2 min

Zynga announced today that it's lending out its game developers to help create a social charity game on Facebook.

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Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2012
2 min

Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker...

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Some Facebook games no longer ask permission to access your profile information

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 14, 2012
1 min

Zynga, Kixeye, and Electronic Arts have worked a deal with Facebook to allow users to start playing their games without having to agree to any dialogue boxes.

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Betable’s potential jackpot: Bringing real gambling to social casino games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 9, 2012
6 min

Betable hopes to disrupt social casino games by enabling real-money online gambling in social gaming titles.

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6 min

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Appageddon aftermath: Apple, where do your negative reviews go? (updated)

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2012
2 min

Appagedon is over, for now. Apps are once again being downloaded from Apple's app store, they're working, and all is well in Apple's app-dom.

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The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 6, 2012
10 min

Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.

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