Marvel Contest of Champions update triggers a player revolt
Just after Netmarble acquired Marvel Contest of Champions, it has a big headache on its hands in the form of a player revolt. South...
Netmarble acquires Kabam’s top studio in Vancouver, will launch Transformers in Q2
South Korean mobile game publisher Netmarble has agreed to acquire Kabam’s Vancouver studio, which has produced the lion’s share of Kabam‘s revenue with the...
Marvel: Contest of Champions reached No. 1 on the iPhone top-grossing chart for the first time
Cyber Monday deals aren’t just for buying physical goods from Amazon. You can also get a decent deal on in-app purchases in certain mobile...
Kabam receives $800 million bid for its best asset: its Vancouver studio
Kabam has received an unsolicited bid to sell its successful Vancouver mobile game studio, according to source familiar with the matter. GamesBeat has learned that...
Diving into the Samsung app store: soup, superheroes, and doodling with the devil
Follow along on the next leg of my Samsung app store travels, as I uncover a devil stronger than a god, a restaurant that caters to off-putting cardboard people, and a handful of surprisingly competent licensed titles.
Kabam’s Kent Wakeford on why mobile gaming is so complicated
Kent Wakeford, the chief operating officer of Kabam, returned to the stage at our GamesBeat 2016 event to talk about how tough the mobile...
Kabam lays off 25 people at its San Francisco mobile game studio
Kabam has confirmed a report that it laid off about 25 people, or 3.5 percent of its global workforce, at its San Francisco mobile...
Jay Ong describes Marvel’s return to blockbuster games with Spider-Man
Marvel has been licensing a lot of games in the mobile and online space, and it has been cooking some good hits in partnership...
How Kabam self-published its Marvel mobile game in China — and hit No. 1
More than a year ago, San Francisco-based Kabam announced that it had teamed up with China’s Longtu Games to publish a Marvel mobile game...
‘Captain America: Civil War’ gives Marvel’s games and media a big spike
Marvel’s latest film is one of its most critically acclaimed releases ever, an it’s also pushing gamers to the company’s games and other digital products....