Former Kabam COO Chris Carvalho carves a niche as a game startup adviser Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 19, 2016 13 min You can think of Chris Carvalho as a game company accelerator. He started at mobile game company Kabam when it had just 25 people.... Continue Reading 13 min
25 years of covering games: My views of then and now Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2016 18 min This is one of those posts where you get to hear a lot of what I think about gaming, from my own perspective. As... Continue Reading 18 min
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
How Disney is rebooting its mobile game business Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 20, 2016 12 min Disney’s game business has been somewhat static. In 2011, Disney was ranked at No. 15 on the list of the top public video game... Continue Reading 12 min
Kendall & Kylie game takes Glu Mobile to the top 10 again after poor Katy Perry launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 24, 2016 10 min Glu Mobile has seen ups and downs with its celebrity mobile games, and now it’s on the ups again thanks to its release of... Continue Reading 10 min
Kabam lays off 8% as it focuses on massively multiplayer mobile hits like Marvel: Contest of Champions Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2016 4 min Kabam is laying 8 percent of its mobile game company workforce today as part of a strategic move to focus on a more narrow... Continue Reading 4 min
Kabam sells off ‘classic’ mobile games to China’s Gaea to focus on bigger titles Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 7, 2016 3 min In order to focus on its biggest games, Kabam has sold off its classic mobile games and third-party publishing business to Chinese game firm... Continue Reading 3 min
Awaken the hype with 2015’s best Star Wars games Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes December 15, 2015 7 min The Force is awakening this week, but in the real world, Disney and Lucasfilm is busy with a different kind of awakening: a slew... Continue Reading 7 min
Force abilities awaken for Star Wars: Uprising players Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 10, 2015 2 min You can finally harness your inner Jedi in one of the newest games based on Star Wars for mobile. Publisher Kabam announced today that the... Continue Reading 2 min
The branding game: It’s about savvy partnerships and communication, not ‘brand slaps’ Posted byby Jason Wilson October 19, 2015 2 min It wasn’t long ago that mobile game companies could easily get a license to make branded games featuring movie or cartoon characters. But brand... Continue Reading 2 min