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One of this year’s biggest game launches? Machine Zone’s Game of War: Fire Age arrives on Android

One of the bigger events of the year in gaming happened with little fanfare yesterday. Machine Zone launched its Game of War: Fire Age on the Google Play store for Android mobile devices.

The mainstream may not be aware, but Game of War: Fire Age has quietly made a bundle of money for Machine Zone since it launched on the Apple iTunes App Store in July 2013. Since that time, other games have come and gone on the top-downloads rankings. But Game of War has consistently stayed in the top five of highest-grossing games on iOS, according to market researcher App Annie. That means that Game of War players are highly committed and they spend a lot of money.

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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.