MasterCard's MasterPass will help LiveGamer make it easier for you to make in-app payments.
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Live Gamer adds MasterCard’s new payment service to digital game and app storefronts

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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LiveGamer and MasterCard just made it easier for you to spend all your money on in-app purchases.

With the credit card company’s new MasterPass digital payments service, the New York-based Live Gamer will enable consumers to use any payment card or enabled device to discover an enhanced shopping experience. Live Gamer’s customers who operate digital storefronts will be able to provide consumers with a convenient and secure payment option via the Web or mobile devices. And it enables game and entertainment companies to generate more revenues in some of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

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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.