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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery publisher Jam City will launch SPAC at $1.2B value, buy Ludia for $175M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 20, 2021
5 min

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game publisher Jam City has filed to go public through a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Jam City...

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Chris DeWolfe, CEO of Jam City, talks with Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat.

How Jam City balances employee welfare, growth in the pandemic, and doing right by gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2021
6 min

Jam City has grown dramatically over the years to become one of the industry’s largest mobile game companies. But its mission isn’t all about...

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Jam City CEO Chris DeWolfe wants you to vote.

The DeanBeat: Why politics and games go together

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 30, 2020
7 min

Many gamers say that games and politics don’t mix well because people don’t like serious (or boring) politics woven into their entertainment. But I...

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USC Games and Jam City will host digital gaming showcase on May 12

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2020
4 min

The show is going on at the University of Southern California’s gaming showcase. Normally, the USC Games Expo is a physical event where students...

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Chris DeWolfe interview: Jam City bets on Disney Frozen 2 collaboration

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 14, 2019
10 min

Jam City is one of the big survivors in the mobile game business, and it has a big presence in the Culver City area...

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Disney Frozen Princess is available now on iOS and Android.

Jam City launches Disney Frozen Adventures mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 14, 2019
3 min

It’s time to let it go. Jam City is launching its Disney Frozen Adventures mobile game in advance of the November 22 launch of...

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Vineyard Valley is a new mobile game from Jam City.

Jam City launches new mobile puzzle game Vineyard Valley

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 6, 2019
3 min

Jam City has launched a new mobile game, Vineyard Valley, where your goal is to solve a series of puzzles and unravel a mystery...

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Chris DeWolfe (right), CEO of Jam City, speaks with Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities at GamesBeat Summit 2019.

Chris DeWolfe — New rules for the crowded mobile gaming space

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 25, 2019
2 min

Chris DeWolfe has built Jam City into one of the biggest mobile game companies in the world through the combination of licensed Hollywood franchises...

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Chris DeWolfe (left) and Josh Yguado are the cofounders of Jam City.

The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 19, 2019
7 min

We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...

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The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 8, 2019
6 min

I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...

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