Glu wants Katy Perry Pop mobile game to melt your popsicle

Glu Mobile is launching its long-touted Katy Perry Pop mobile game today as it aspires to cash in on the celebrity gaming trend that it lit on fire with its Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game.

The title is an always-connected, massively multiplayer online mobile game based on the life of pop star Katy Perry. In the game, you play an aspiring music artist in Santa Barbara, Calif., (Perry’s hometown) and try to advance your career in the global music scene.

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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.