Categories Posted inin Business Tencent’s reach is unmatched in the gaming market Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 27, 2016 5 min In the new film Independence Day: Resurgence, a couple makes a video call to one another. When they hang up, the program they’re using tells... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment YouTube Gaming brings out the influencers for E3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2016 6 min On YouTube, six of the top 10 broadcasters are game broadcasters. And YouTube Gaming was out in full force this week to cover the... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The rise and fall of Nintendo’s Miitomo: Massive downloads don’t mean success Posted byby Jason Wilson May 28, 2016 3 min As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: Artistry is key to solving mobile gaming’s malaise Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 23, 2016 13 min At his core, Owen Mahoney is a business guy. But the chief executive of Asian gaming giant Nexon doesn’t talk like one. At our... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Development The new rules for navigating ‘that damn App Store’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2016 3 min SINGAPORE — It’s easier than ever to make a mobile game. Unfortunately, it’s also easier than ever for a mobile game to fail. But... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 14, 2016 2 min Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business With patience, I defeated Supercell’s monetization strategy in Clash Royale Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2016 5 min It took me 55 days, but I finally have the Prince. One of the most powerful characters in Supercell’s Clash Royale is very hard... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Supercell stakes a beachhead in the mobile gaming clash in Iran (updated) Posted byby Jason Wilson April 24, 2016 6 min Update, 2:15 p.m. August 31: Cafe Bazaar says there are numerous errors in this guest post: Supercell is left with 61 percent of revenues... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Handy Games CEO Chris Kassulke on crunch, VR, and mobile gaming Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 21, 2016 11 min Germany’s Handy Games isn’t really well known on the global gaming stage. But it has been around for 16 years, and surviving that long... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Supercell’s Clash Royale on pace for $1B year after $110M debut last month Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 14, 2016 2 min Supercell knows how to make money. The mobile publisher earned $80 million from it’s newly released head-to-head strategy battler Clash Royale last month, according to industry-tracking firm NewZoo. Continue Reading 2 min