Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga developer reveals two new Facebook games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2013 1 min King.com is dropping the ".com" and releasing Papa Pear Saga and Farm Heroes Saga. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development King.com saw its Facebook desktop player numbers blossom after Candy Crush Saga’s mobile launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2013 2 min Candy Crush Saga has hit 10 million daily active players and become the largest game on Facebook. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business King.com localizing 2 of its hugely popular free-to-play games for Japan and Korea Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2013 2 min The developer is preparing Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga for release in the two Asian nations. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business After last year’s boom, social casino games remain strong Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 15, 2013 8 min Social casino games acquired by gambling companies are generating huge revenues even after the deals are done. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gaming consumes a great share of dollars spent on the Google and Apple app stores Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 1, 2013 4 min December saw an astounding increase in revenues and downloads for mobile games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2013 7 min The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology King.com’s Candy Crush Saga beats Zynga with top social-mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 17, 2013 3 min For the first time in years, Zynga does not have the top game in daily users on Facebook. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Wooga expands into mobile with its Bubble Island arcade shooter game Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 1, 2012 2 min Bubble shooter games are now played by millions upon millions of players. Wooga is the latest to join the fray. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology King.com launches mobile game as part of strategy shift Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 31, 2012 3 min The launch marks a strategic move by King.com to make its mark on mobile. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Facebook's Zuckerberg unhappy with Zynga's 20% decline in payments Posted byby GamesBeat October 23, 2012 1 min Zynga didn't get much love from Facebook today. Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that he wasn't impressed by how little gaming is contributing to the social network's bottom line, saying overall payments from Zynga had declined 20 percent. Continue Reading 1 min