Categories Posted inin Business 5th Planet Games launches Dawn of the Dragons: Ascension on PC Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 27, 2019 2 min 5th Planet Games has launched its latest free-to-play PC and mobile role-playing game, Dawn of the Dragons: Ascension. In addition, the Copenhagen, Denmark-based 5th... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 5th Planet Games lays off staff as it transitions to mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 28, 2014 2 min Pivoting to mobile isn't all that easy. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 5th Planet Games pulls in $3 million in its first funding round Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 16, 2014 2 min The developer will use the money to pay for an acceleration of its mobile-game production. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Free-to-play publishers & game developers throw down at GDC Posted byby GamesBeat March 26, 2013 3 min Publishers got the money. Game devs got the IP. and GDC has this epic showdown between heavyweights in each category. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology What it means to be a ‘whale’ — and why social gamers are just gamers Posted byby GamesBeat March 14, 2013 7 min "Whales" are more than dollars signs -- they're regular gamers with an obsession and social lives that extend beyond the game. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology After 2 years, Legacy of a Thousand Suns is a ‘truly social’ social game Posted byby GamesBeat November 9, 2012 2 min 5th Planet credits its success with social game Legacy of a Thousand Suns to many factors, but one most of all. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision taps Swrve for mobile game analytics and A/B testing Posted byby GamesBeat July 25, 2012 1 min Activision Blizzard and Swrve are proving that mobile games are as important as those for consoles. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Will GameStop’s digital ventures be enough to ward off online threats? (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat July 15, 2012 11 min Chris Petrovic (pictured above) is the general manager of GameStop Digital Ventures. His job is to make sure that the world’s largest video game... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business 5th Planet taps into your inner Gambit in Legacy of Heroes (exclusive) Posted byby GamesBeat July 9, 2012 3 min 5th Planet's latest free-to-play game brings a stable of comic industry veterans to the table. Continue Reading 3 min