A leader on Facebook, Germany’s Wooga makes its move into mobile games
Jens Begemann still believes in Facebook, but the CEO of Wooga is also expanding into mobile social games.
Nextpeer gives developers new ways to monetize their games via multiplayer tournaments
Nextpeer's SDK allows developers to earn money by implementing in-game multiplayer tournaments
Tapjoy keeps looking for creative ways to monetize mobile app users (video interview)
Tapjoy chief executive Mihir Shah speaks to GamesBeat about his company's trouble on iOS, huge success on Android, and multimillion dollar developer-funding efforts.
Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)
Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.
Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky: Game publishers will evolve or die (interview)
What does one of the world's most successful and active game investors think of the future of the medium?
Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery
Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker...
Bart Decrem says mobile games will spawn a new generation of Disney characters (interview)
Bart Decrem wants Disney's next big characters to emerge from mobile games.
Angry Birds follow-up Amazing Alex tops app charts after just one day
So much for the sophomore slump. Amazing Alex, publisher Rovio's follow-up to its mega-hit Angry Birds, is already claiming the top spot in Apple's app store.
Zynga’s David Ko: Crossing over into mobile is the path to a billion gamers (interview)
Mark Pincus wants Zynga to reach a billion players. Facebook has been good to Zynga over the past five years, but the social network...
Xbox co-creator recruits arcade-game “dream team” to make iPad and iPhone games (interview)
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.