Nicki Minaj will be in a Glu mobile game.
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Glu to make a Nicki Minaj mobile game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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If you’re a celebrity and have more than 100 million social media followers, Glu Mobile wants you.

In its latest deal, Glu announced today that it has formed a mobile gaming partnership with hip-hop star Nicki Minaj. It also signed up its first male celebrity, action-movie actor Jason Statham, in an effort to expand the celebrity gaming franchise that it started with Kim Kardashian: Hollywood — one that has helped Glu stand out in the crowded, nearly $30 million mobile game market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.