Wooga chief says mobile gaming is separating into winners and losers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2015 10 min Jens Begemann says you have to bet big on some genres or drop out. Continue Reading 10 min
The video game stories that got people talking in 2014 Posted byby GamesBeat December 30, 2014 5 min GamerGate, Lizard Squad, and Minecraft were just some of the things making big headlines in the gaming industry in 2014. Continue Reading 5 min
The DeanBeat: The $2B mobile game and other bold predictions for 2015 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 26, 2014 9 min We're still trying to get them right, but here are some predictions for 2015. Continue Reading 9 min
Facebook engineering VP Cory Ondrejka departs after overseeing Oculus acquisition Posted byby GamesBeat December 16, 2014 1 min Formerly the CTO of Second Life publisher Linden Lab, he oversaw Facebook's mobile app transition for two years. Continue Reading 1 min
League of Angels teams up with Facebook to find Western success Posted byby Mike Minotti December 15, 2014 2 min Facebook helped to bring League of Angels out of China and to a Western audience. Continue Reading 2 min
Facebook’s best games of 2014 include Cookie Jam, Cower Defense, Bubble Witch 2 Saga, and more Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2014 3 min Cookie Jam takes best game of the year. Bubble Witch 2 Saga, Boom Beach, and Cower Defense also get kudos. Continue Reading 3 min
Gaming’s golden age, as seen by one of its veteran lawyers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 21, 2014 14 min Dan Offner rode the rollercoaster at Oculus VR and is now going back to startups. Continue Reading 14 min
The DeanBeat: What are the ingredients for the billion-dollar deals in gaming? Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 14, 2014 4 min The buyers are coming out of the woodworks. Don't expect the buying frenzy to end soon. Continue Reading 4 min
European game companies like Germany’s Wooga join King in dominating Facebook Posted byby GamesBeat November 6, 2014 2 min When it comes to finding new games for its platform, Facebook is increasingly focused on Europe. Dan Rose, the vice president of partnerships for... Continue Reading 2 min
Oculus CEO: We're ‘very close’ to delivering consumer Rift VR headset Posted byby GamesBeat November 4, 2014 1 min Oculus chief executive Brendan Iribe declined to give a specific timetable for when the world might finally see a consumer version of the company’s... Continue Reading 1 min