Is the world really flat when it comes to making games? Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 27, 2016 21 min What are the ingredients necessary to turn a region into a hub for great game development? That’s a good question, and it’s an economic... Continue Reading 21 min
CrowdStar is all-in on mobile gaming for women with Covet Fashion Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2015 4 min Mobile gaming company hopes to invest in 'core games for women.' Continue Reading 4 min
The DeanBeat: The top 10 takeaways from Casual Connect Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 11 min More than 3,000 people heard 250 speakers talk. Here's our view of what mattered. Continue Reading 11 min
CrowdStar enlists real brands for its Covet Fashion mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 10, 2013 2 min After a series of hit fashion games, CrowdStar gets the real shopping brands in on the action. Continue Reading 2 min
Mobile gaming firm CrowdStar names co-founder as its chief executive Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 3, 2012 2 min Jeff Tseng, a co-founder, takes the CEO title at CrowdStar. Continue Reading 2 min
Mobile industry bigwigs Tapjoy and Kontagent form partnership (exclusive) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes July 11, 2012 1 min The two mobile firms plan to help game developers increase user engagement and monetization with its new partnership. Continue Reading 1 min
CrowdStar raises $11.5M for mobile games but will lay off Facebook developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2012 2 min CrowdStar, which is shifting from social to mobile games, has raised $11.5 million in a recent round of funding. At the same time, the... Continue Reading 2 min
Casino games surpass farm games as the darlings of social networks Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 27, 2012 2 min FarmVille took Facebook by storm in 2009 and gave rise to a sea of rival farm simulations. But those games have begun to decline,... Continue Reading 2 min
Kontagent launches its kSuite DataMine analytics tool for monetizing mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 5, 2012 3 min Kontagent is one of the companies that is rich with big data as it provides analytics services to more than 1,000 social and mobile apps... Continue Reading 3 min
Kontagent raises $12M to expand social analytics into mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 10, 2011 1 min Kontagent said today it has raised $12 million in a second round of funding to expand its social analytics business into mobile markets. Kontagent is... Continue Reading 1 min