The DeanBeat: How fast will the shift to huge growth for mobile games happen?
With the console market looking a little shaky and Facebook starting to slow down, mobile stands before the gaming industry as a potential savior.
A leader on Facebook, Germany’s Wooga makes its move into mobile games
Jens Begemann still believes in Facebook, but the CEO of Wooga is also expanding into mobile social games.
Bubble Witch Saga for iOS is the first mobile game to sync player progress with Facebook
Casual games developer King.com announced that its free-to-play title, Bubble Witch Saga, is now available on the iTunes App Store.
Facebook outlines the opportunities in social games
Social games are more popular than ever, with new genres emerging, says Facebook's Sarah Brooks.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, game startups in Estonia, and more
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
King.com: From tournament gaming to No. 2 on Facebook (video interview)
In this video interview, King.com chief executive Riccardo Zacconi discusses his company's rise to the No. 2 spot amongst Facebook game publishers...
17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...
Meet our all-star GamesBeat 2012 moderators
We’re pleased to announce the all-star moderators for our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference next week, July 10-11 in San Francisco. Here’s the list in order of...
The DeanBeat: Zynga battles to dominate the red ocean, not the blue
Will the red ocean strategy work for Zynga? The sharks are in the water as the social game giant goes head-on against competitors.
It’s all in the cards: How card games such as Solitaire have found new life in social games
Even with all the breakthroughs in technology that have allowed us to become the most entertained society in history, no console-game first-person shooter or online puzzle challenge can trump the popularity of card games...