Kabam faces a gamer revolt in Dragons of Atlantis

Some players of Kabam’s Dragons of Atlantis social strategy game have organized a blackout to protest a recent change to the free-to-play game that they feel forces them to pay more money.

Dragons of Atlantis is one of a number of successful free-to-play, hardcore, browser-based social games that have made Kabam a big player in the social gaming world. It has generated more than $100 million in revenue and is one of the core properties that helped Kabam reach a valuation of $700 million in a recent secondary offering.

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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.