Categories Posted inin Business Anil Dharni on how Gree is tightening its belt and its game quality (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 4, 2013 6 min Gree International is focused on publishing fewer, higher quality games in the U.S. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business HasOffers acknowledges privacy violation with Facebook user data Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 14, 2013 3 min HasOffers chief sent an e-mail saying his firm has revised a service after it learned it violated Facebook policies. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development Facebook expands ties with Unity to make cross-platform 3D games easier to build Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 28, 2013 3 min With new SDK, developers can create one Unity-based game that can run on Facebook across the web and mobile. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox One adds self-publishing, Nintendo turns a profit despite Wii U Posted byby GamesBeat August 23, 2013 4 min If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business King's popular Peggle-like Papa Pear Saga transitions from Facebook to mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 16, 2013 1 min The game is due out for iOS and Android this fall. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga developer shuts down older Facebook games Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 12, 2013 1 min King plans to close Bubble Saga, Hoop de Loops Saga, and Puzzle Saga on Facebook. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Bitstrips bootstraps social comics on Facebook to 10M users and 50M unique cartoons Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2013 3 min Zero to ten million users in less than seven months might just make social cartoon startup Bitstrips the hottest startup you've never heard of. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga readies its real-money gambling apps for Facebook Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 10, 2013 3 min Apps use Zynga's social features and Bwin's regulated gambling game. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Behind the top mobile ad publishers: Facebook, Google, Pandora and Twitter Posted byby GamesBeat June 28, 2013 11 min After years of false starts, 2013 has become the year of mobile advertising. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Technology With $12M in funding, N3twork aims to build a web experience based on your interests, not your friends Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 6, 2013 3 min The founders of Ngmoco have moved on to create the interest-based network that gives you what you want on a topic. Continue Reading 3 min