Heyzap debuts leaderboards to show who dominates mobile games among your friends
Heyzap is jumping on the opportunity created by the demise of OpenFeint.
Developers feel burned by Gree pulling OpenFeint’s plug in December
Gree purchased OpenFeint in April 2011. Now, it's cutting off the servers and potentially breaking several games in the process.
Is Gree really spending money on user acquisition like there’s no tomorrow? (interview)
Sho Masuda is the man in charge of spending at Japan's Gree, which is trying to break into the U.S. mobile games market.
Apple still hasn’t made Game Center interesting
Apple's Game Center looks like an afterthought when compared to the success of iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad.
Developers wary about investing in Windows Phone 8 games
Windows 8 might be popular among game developers, but the phone version of Microsoft's software will face a tough road catching up with Google and Apple.
Gree acquires developer Pokelabo for $173 million
Gree makes its third acquisition in 18 months. Developer Pokelabo will add a promising collectible-card game to Gree's stable of first-party titles.
The pace of disruption in the transition from physical to digital gaming (part two)
In part two of our discussion on the transition to digital gaming, our Login panelists ponder how quickly the changes to all-digital will come.
The DeanBeat: The pace of disruption from physical to digital gaming
Technology matters, but so does chronology. Disruption is happening in games, but at what pace?
The Facebook game platform: Anyone can rise to the top of the charts (interview part two)
Is Facebook fair as a platform? Sean Ryan, head of game partnerships at Facebook, says the charts tell us that it is.
Gree devours dinosaur mobile-game developer App Ant Studios
Japanese mobile social network Gree continues to bulk up for the U.S. market as it acquires mobile-game developer App Ant Studios.