Kim Kardashian crushes the competition for mobile games in July
Disney Tsum Tsum zooms up the charts and Transformers makes a splash too.
Puzzle & Dragons developer sells its stake in Clash of Clans maker Supercell for $344M
GungHo made a $38 million profit on the deal, and it will likely use the money to fund its investment in Asian markets.
Think Gaming introduces mobile-advertising co-op exchange to help developers find the big spenders
Think Gaming claims the exchange will help smaller developers band together to get knowledge that only the biggest-spending publishers currently get to see.
Nexon, Wargaming, and Zynga's Don Mattrick team up with London Venture Partners for new gaming fund
The seed fund will focus on game startups in Europe following LVP's success with Supercell, NaturalMotion, and others.
Mobile games will bring in nearly $29B by 2016 by squeezing players for more
Mobile gaming will grow around the world as people in developing regions earn more and get more access to smartphones.
Kabam’s mobile games win loyal players who aren’t so easy to please (interview)
While others are banking on super blockbuster hits, Kabam is betting on a portfolio strategy to win in mobile and social.
A walk on the California coast with Eric Schiermeyer, the cofounder and former analytics expert at Zynga (interview)
We ran a story earlier this week on Eric Schiermeyer, the co-founder of Zynga and the analytics expert behind its success, and his new...
How Chillingo plans to find the next Flappy Bird (interview)
The EA-owned publisher of third-party games is looking for big hits. It published Angry Birds, but Flappy Bird escaped it.
Japan’s gaming industry generated $10.8B in 2013 — half of that was from smartphones
Huge hits like Candy Crush Saga, Puzzle & Dragons, and Clash of Clans are benefiting the most from this trend.
With Boom Beach, Supercell guns for a third smash hit — and it’s already at No. 2
In less than a month, the mobile title has shot to No. 2 on the iTunes free-apps charts.