Playco raises $100 million at $1 billion valuation for instant games across platforms Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 21, 2020 7 min Meet one of gaming’s newest unicorns. Playco has raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation for instant games over a wide variety of... Continue Reading 7 min
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 2, 2016 16 min TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able... Continue Reading 16 min
Mino Games raises $2.2M and launches Mino Monsters 2 Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 8, 2015 2 min Mino Games had a rare hit in the Mino Monsters free-to-play mobile game with 7 million downloads and $10 million in revenue to date.... Continue Reading 2 min
MinoMonsters acquires Playcraft Labs to help bring the monster battler to new platforms Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 14, 2013 1 min Playcraft will use its HTML5 expertise to build a version of MinoMonsters that works across multiple platforms. Continue Reading 1 min
21 year-old CEO aims to be the ‘next Disney,’ starting with an iPhone game Posted byby GamesBeat April 11, 2013 2 min MinoMonsters is a mobile gaming startup that released major updates to the game today and shared some news surrounding the company's progress. Continue Reading 2 min