Chris Akhavan Archives

Aethir and Magic Eden have teamed up in Web3 gaming.

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Aethir and Magic Eden team up on Web3 NFT gaming projects

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 30, 2024
4 min

Aethir, a distributed GPU cloud computing company, has teamed up with Magic Eden, the leading multi-chain non-fungible token (NFT) platform globally. Unlock premium content...

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4 min

Panel of blockchain advocates (clockwise from top): Chris Akhavan, Jerome Collin, Kuleen Nimkar, and BoredElonMusk.

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Blockchain game advocates aim for the mainstream

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 27, 2022
9 min

Blockchain games are on the defensive lately, and resistance from hardcore gamers and game developers could reverse the progress that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) made...

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9 min

Forte has raised a whopping $185 million.

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Why Chris Akhavan left EA to join blockchain gaming platform Forte

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 23, 2021
14 min

Yesterday, I wrote about my rule of game journalism: follow the money. That was all about the flow of money into blockchain games. And...

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14 min

Rina Hahm (left) of Facebook's Audience Network talks with Chris Akhavan

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‘Balance that in-app economy’ and other game monetization pearls of wisdom

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 26, 2021
5 min

Monetization in free-to-play (F2P) and freemium games is in constant flux as the technology around it changes and evolves to better serve an increasingly...

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5 min

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Glu reloads its war chest for mobile game acquisitions

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2020
15 min

Glu Mobile has grown into a big mobile game publisher through both acquisitions and home-grown titles. But as the world changes around the company,...

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15 min

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Glu Mobile redesigns its headquarters and its strategy

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2018
21 min

Glu Mobile moved into a brand new headquarters in San Francisco recently, with much of its staff together under one roof in a move...

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21 min

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Design Home helps Glu Mobile transform its financial outlook

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 1, 2017
2 min

Glu Mobile announced today that it beat expectations for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, and it owed much of the results to...

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2 min

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Gordon Ramsay puts a dash of attitude into Glu Mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 29, 2016
4 min

Famous chef Gordon Ramsay has entered the celebrity game business with the launch of Glu Mobile‘s Gordon Ramsay Dash mobile game today. The high energy, foul-mouthed...