The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012
Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.
2012 investment: Busting myths by looking deeper at the numbers
Why you shouldn't believe the three myths about investing in games.
David Ko puts up the ‘guard rails’ at Zynga to keep costs under control (interview)
The No. 2 exec at Zynga is trying to contain costs as the company shifts its weight into mobile gaming.
Zynga gets its mojo back with higher-than-expected sales and a small Q4 profit
While Zynga is still technically losing money in the fourth quarter, its earnings report is cheering up the stock market.
Betable’s partnership with Frima’s 3Oak will put a new twist on real-money gambling games
Betable's deal with 3Oak is the first that will apply real-money gambling to non-casino games.
Koolbit expands into real-money casino games on mobile
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.
Former chief game designer Brian Reynolds: On Zynga, games, and the future
The former chief game designer of Zynga explains his own exit.
PlayerScale handles behind-the-scenes infrastructure for games — and 100 million players
The company offloads the infrastructure tasks for 4,000 game developers.
The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
SAP launches an analytics dashboard for NFL.com fantasy football fans
You can get all sorts of data on fantasy football players with the SAP dashboard.