Gree acquires mobile game maker Funzio for $210M
Japanese mobile social network Gree has acquired Funzio, a fast-growing maker of hardcore mobile and social games, for $210 million. Funzio has the rare...
Gree releases its first Android U.S. mobile social title, Dino Life
Social-game giant Gree invites you to raise and breed dino pets in its first Android-exclusive game.
Crowdstar teams up with Gree for social mobile games
Shifting from Facebook to mobile, Crowdstar is announcing today that it will publish games through Gree‘s worldwide mobile social network. The alliance isn’t a...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies
GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...
The DeanBeat: How developers can avoid a bloodbath in fighting for new users
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...
Gree launches second U.S. social mobile game, Alien Family
Gree made a splash last week with the launch of its first mobile social game for the U.S. market, Zombie Jombie. Now the Japanese...
Neil Young’s path to the multibillion-dollar mobile social game market (interview)
Neil Young sold his San Francisco startup Ngmoco to Japan’s DeNA for $403 million in the fall of 2010. And that was just the...
PlayPhone buys mobile marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5M (exclusive)
PlayPhone has acquired mobile social marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5 million in stock, VentureBeat has learned. Ron Czerny, chief executive of PlayPhone, confirmed the...
Japan’s Gree launches first U.S. mobile social game, Zombie Jombie
It’s just a cute little zombie game, but it could be the start of something big. Gree has become a billion-dollar company in Japan...
Viximo launches Social Zone platform for mobile games
Viximo, a platform for cross-platform social games, is broadening its distribution reach today with the launch of its Social Zone platform which helps make...