Categories Posted inin Technology Mobile analytics firm Flurry raises another $12.5M Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2013 2 min Flurry raises more funding as it expands beyond traditional analytics.
Categories Posted inin Business Ban on what League of Legends pros can stream is fair if salaries are high — and they probably aren’t Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 6, 2013 4 min If Riot wants to cut off potential revenue streams from players, they have to better compensate those pros for the right.
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga reaches new heights as designer explains its success Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2013 3 min Candy Crush now has more than 500 million downloads, and King has 282 million monthly active users.
Categories Posted inin Business King is running TV commercials for Candy Crush in Japan, and they're working Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 6, 2013 2 min King's mobile game is growing with the help from an old-media ad campaign.
Categories Posted inin Business Worried about Strider's new Metroid-like direction? Here's why you shouldn't be Posted byby GamesBeat December 6, 2013 4 min Strider may adopt elements from several other platforming titles, but the end result is looking like a sleeper hit.
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Battlefield 4 is busted, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 begin holiday battle Posted byby Mike Minotti December 6, 2013 2 min This week, the next-gen console wars march into the holidays, we get some new Hobbit games, we reviewed a new PlayStation 4 title, and more.
Categories Posted inin Business Zombies for the holidays: Steam lists The Walking Dead release date as Dec. 17 Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 6, 2013 1 min The first episode debuts this month. The whole season is available now for preorder on Steam.
Categories Posted inin Business A great app or game is required, but not sufficient, for success in mobile marketing Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2013 5 min Here's five important lessons on how to acquire users with effective mobile marketing.
Categories Posted inin Business Top-grossing mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons introduces spending caps for younger players in Japan Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 6, 2013 1 min Puzzle & Dragons players under 20 in Japan can only spend $200 a month.
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How quickly will we become bored with the new consoles? Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2013 5 min The new consoles don't have a critic's favorite. With no killer app, will we get bored quickly?