Categories Posted inin Business How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 16, 2014 16 min IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gree launches its Rage of the Immortals exclusive Android game Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2014 3 min Rage of Immortals mixes role-playing and card game action. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The secrets to monetizing Western mobile games in Japan Posted byby Jason Wilson February 7, 2014 4 min None of Japan’s 10 best monetized games are from the West. Here's how to change that. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gree’s Knights & Dragons hits $5M in revenue in 30 days Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 2 min A partnership with Vancouver's Iugo Entertainment is working out well. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xyo opens its ad program for its contextual mobile app search engine Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 11, 2013 3 min Xyo debuts an ad program that helps apps get discovered in a contextual way. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Japan’s Line became an unintentional gaming-platform giant (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 27, 2013 10 min Line's Akira Morikawa isn't targeting his messaging service at gamers, but they're playing a ton of titles on his network. Will that make it bigger than Facebook? Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dragon Realms is Gree's next attempt to conquer the mobile RPG market Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 10, 2013 1 min Players can train mighty heroes to tackle tough missions and to build a nine-unit team to take on other players. Continue Reading 1 min
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 Social gaming company Gree offering buyouts to 200 employees Posted byby GamesBeat October 3, 2013 2 min Gree is cutting 11 percent of its workforce in an effort to reduce costs and boost profitability following a weak financial quarter. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Players fight 1.4 million battles a day in mobile MMO Modern War (infographic) Posted byby GamesBeat August 9, 2013 1 min Mobile-game developer Gree's data shows the impact of "live events" on gamer participation and revenue. Continue Reading 1 min