Categories Posted inin Business One of this year’s biggest game launches? Machine Zone’s Game of War: Fire Age arrives on Android Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 9, 2014 3 min You may not realize it. But Game of War has become a huge mobile game. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business A walk on the California coast with Eric Schiermeyer, the cofounder and former analytics expert at Zynga (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2014 19 min 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... Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Game of War developer Machine Zone tackled its slang-translation problem Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 31, 2013 2 min Google doesn't know how to translate "ASAP" into French, but Game of War does. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat speaker spotlight: How Machine Zone’s Gabe Leydon made a huge mobile game bet Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 28, 2013 3 min Gabe Leydon set a team of 80 people to work on Game of War: Fire Age. How did it turn out? Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Will your mobile game strategy take you more global or more local? Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 25, 2013 6 min CEOs from around the world weigh in on the best way to make mobile games in global and local markets. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Our next slate of GamesBeat 2013 speakers Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 30, 2013 3 min We're announcing eight more all-star speakers from the game industry for our Oct. 29-30 conference. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Machine Zone launches ambitious iOS title Game of War: Fire Age after huge investment Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2013 4 min The title is a sign that mobile is becoming a more mature platform for serious games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Once focused on 2D mobile games, Machine Zone hires a 3D graphics expert Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 8, 2012 2 min The transition from 2D to 3D in mobile games is coming. Machine Zone is staffing up to deal with it. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Where is app user acquisition headed? Join us at GamesBeat 2012 to find out Posted byby GamesBeat July 3, 2012 3 min Without users, it doesn’t matter how innovative your mobile app or game is. At next week’s GamesBeat 2012 conference in San Francisco, we explore... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development The DeanBeat: How developers can avoid a bloodbath in fighting for new users Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 6, 2012 5 min In the past month, what app makers have to spend to get the attention of Apple device users has risen out of control. That’s... Continue Reading 5 min