Kabam’s Kent Wakeford on why mobile gaming is so complicated Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 14, 2016 9 min Kent Wakeford, the chief operating officer of Kabam, returned to the stage at our GamesBeat 2016 event to talk about how tough the mobile... Continue Reading 9 min
Kabam’s No. 2 exec explores the ins-and-outs of monetizing mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 15, 2014 16 min Kabam's Kent Wakeford dissects how to think about the complicated matrix of mobile monetization. Continue Reading 16 min
Kabam’s mobile games win loyal players who aren’t so easy to please (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 9, 2014 19 min While others are banking on super blockbuster hits, Kabam is betting on a portfolio strategy to win in mobile and social. Continue Reading 19 min
Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 26, 2013 11 min With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game. Continue Reading 11 min
Newzoo warns of a gap between investor thinking and game-market opportunities Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2013 3 min Investors are worried about the U.S. retail game market. But overall game-industry sales are at $68 billion, growing 7 percent a year. Continue Reading 3 min
Why your free-to-play users aren’t coming back Posted byby GamesBeat November 26, 2012 3 min Retention is the foundation of the free-to-play model. Here are three reasons why your users aren't coming back. Continue Reading 3 min
After big hit on iPhone, only 30 percent of Kabam’s revenue comes from Facebook (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 27, 2012 15 min Kevin Chou, head of Kabam, talks about how his firm will grow its social gaming business by 50 percent to $150M Continue Reading 15 min
Raptr unveils new data about Zynga’s social gamers Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 27, 2011 2 min All eyes are on Zynga now as the social gaming company prepares to go public in an initial public offering. The social game maker has... Continue Reading 2 min
Kabam raises $85M for hardcore social gaming business Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2011 6 min Here’s a “kaboom” for all those social game skeptics out there. Kabam has raised $85 million in a fourth round of funding to fuel... Continue Reading 6 min
Kabam acquires social game developer WonderHill Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 22, 2010 2 min Kabam is hoping to build the next dynamite company in social games. Today, Kabam is announcing it has acquired social game developer WonderHill as... Continue Reading 2 min