GamesBeat 2014’s latest speakers include a free-to-play pioneer, an ad man, and a gambler
Kixeye's Will Harbin, NativeX's Rob Weber, and Playstudios' Monty Kerr are our newest speakers.
A walk on the California coast with Eric Schiermeyer, the cofounder and former analytics expert at Zynga (interview)
We ran a story earlier this week on Eric Schiermeyer, the co-founder of Zynga and the analytics expert behind its success, and his new...
How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview)
IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games.
Strategy game maker Kixeye sets up customer support in Portland
The move could jumpstart a fledgling game industry in the Silicon Forest, as Portland is known. The region is home to plenty of chip makers such as Intel and hardware companies such as Hewlett-Packard, but it has a tiny presence in the expanding game industry.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GamesBeat 2013, PlayStation 4 won’t stream content from PCs, and FAA lifts tech restrictions
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Kixeye goes mobile with Backyard Monsters: Unleashed for iOS
This is the social-gaming developer's first thrust into mobile gaming.
The gender gap in gaming (and how to fix it)
Mariya Yao is a mobile product designer and founder of Xanadu. When you think of typical gamers, you probably conjure up the image of hordes of...
How Kixeye is adapting its social games to mobile
SAN FRANCISCO — Publisher Kixeye has generated big revenues from hardcore social games on Facebook, and it’s a new phase of investing heavily in mobile games as players shift to tablets and smartphones and away from playing PC-based games on Facebook or the web.
Former EA CEO Riccitiello on the big chance to create lasting value in gaming (full transcript)
John Riccitiello says distribution is king in games, but content will eventually rule.
Game publisher tells developers why they don’t need publishers
Will Harbin, CEO of Kixeye, says that self-publishing will give you control of your destiny.