Categories Posted inin Business Nexon partners with Austrian game developer Socialspiel Entertainment to firm up its Western mobile efforts Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 27, 2014 2 min The Japanese publisher is uniting with a studio founded by formers employees of Rockstar Games and Deep Silver. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Has game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble speculation? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2014 22 min Five global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business -- and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady environment. Continue Reading 22 min
Categories Posted inin Business The game academy's new board signals the shift to digital gaming (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 21, 2014 3 min The soul of gaming is changing, and that's reflected in the board of the academy that gives out gaming's Oscars. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Analysts and game company CEOs eagerly await King’s initial public offering Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 25, 2014 9 min Here's what analysts and other gaming CEOs think about the upcoming King IPO. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nexon’s Owen Mahoney sees salvation through original hardcore games, not Flappy Bird copycats (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 23, 2014 11 min Nexon's Owen Mahoney is driving his company toward more creative free-to-play titles. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Asian gaming giant Nexon announces Owen Mahoney as successor to CEO Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 13, 2014 2 min Nexon's revenues grew 43 percent in the past year. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nexon CFO’s advice to free-to-play mobile developers: Don’t make junk Posted byby GamesBeat October 29, 2013 2 min Owen Mahoney's approach to a successful free-to-play game simple and yet deceptively difficult. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rumble Entertainment closes $17.5M funding for hardcore free-to-play games Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 29, 2013 3 min Rumble adds Triplepoint Capital and Nexon as investors. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat 2013 spotlight: Meet our all-star moderators Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 27, 2013 4 min We'll have a mix of 23 distinguished moderators, including VentureBeat staff, game journalists, mainstream tech writers, and domain experts. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business How China’s Perfect World plans to be a player in mobile games — and the West Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 26, 2013 11 min Robert Xiao's Perfect World has 4,500 employees working on online and mobile games. But will he make a brand in the West? Continue Reading 11 min