Amazon bets big on gaming with high-profile hires Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 9, 2017 7 min Amazon clearly has ambitions in the high end of the game business. Today, it announced that Command & Conquer veteran Louis Castle has become... Continue Reading 7 min
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: Artistry is key to solving mobile gaming’s malaise Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 23, 2016 13 min At his core, Owen Mahoney is a business guy. But the chief executive of Asian gaming giant Nexon doesn’t talk like one. At our... Continue Reading 13 min
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata gets posthumous lifetime achievement award from gaming peers Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2016 2 min Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata received a posthumous lifetime achievement award tonight at gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy of Interactive Arts &... Continue Reading 2 min
Nexon wins over Western developers by pitching gaming as an art form Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 1, 2015 12 min Nexon is a pioneer of free-to-play online games in Asia, and it wants to break into the West in a big way. A couple of years... Continue Reading 12 min
Shiver Entertainment unveils Beasts vs. Bots real-time strategy mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 24, 2015 2 min You'll get to use touchscreen controls and command individual units in this real-time strategy game. Continue Reading 2 min
Nexon CEO’s progress report on westward migration — and the dirty secret on game quality Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2015 15 min Owen Mahoney, head of Asian online gaming giant Nexon, is determined to succeed in the West and break into mobile gaming. Continue Reading 15 min
Nexon chief Owen Mahoney explains deal with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 13 min Why is Asia's Nexon cutting so many deals with Western game makers? Continue Reading 13 min
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney sees salvation through original hardcore games, not Flappy Bird copycats (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 23, 2014 11 min Nexon's Owen Mahoney is driving his company toward more creative free-to-play titles. Continue Reading 11 min
Why Schappert’s Shiver Entertainment hired two top game veterans Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 25, 2013 3 min John Schappert's co-founders include his former Tiburon co-founder and a Zynga data-driven design expert. Continue Reading 3 min
Ex-Zynga exec John Schappert starts new game startup with investment from Nexon Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 9, 2013 4 min Zynga's former No. 2 executive has gone back to his roots as a game developer at Shiver Entertainment. Continue Reading 4 min