PlayFab raises $2.5M to offload boring but necessary tasks for game developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 19, 2014 4 min PlayFab handles backend infrastructure for digital games so designers can focus on fun. Continue Reading 4 min
John Spinale navigates Disney’s push into social gaming (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat July 20, 2012 12 min A talk with John Spinale, Disney Interactive's head of social games, at GamesBeat 2012. Continue Reading 12 min
Disney’s Playdom launches social game Gardens of Time on iPad Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2011 2 min Gardens of Time, the most successful Facebook game created by Disney’s Playdom, is launching today on the iPad. The launch is a major one... Continue Reading 2 min
Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 21, 2011 1 min Disney has hired away OnLive executive John Spinale to be the new head of the Disney Interactive Media Group’s social games business. Spinale will... Continue Reading 1 min