Marvel’s Peter Phillips reveals the secret for making superheroes work in games
Warner Bros. has invested heavily in superhero console games like Batman: Arkham Knight. But Marvel Entertainment has taken a different approach. Rather than use...
Why Marvel’s games are about more than fan service
Marvel has one of the healthiest content businesses in the world with its films, movies, and comics. But the company approaches gaming a bit differently...
25 years of covering games: My views of then and now
This is one of those posts where you get to hear a lot of what I think about gaming, from my own perspective. As...
How Disney is rebooting its mobile game business
Disney’s game business has been somewhat static. In 2011, Disney was ranked at No. 15 on the list of the top public video game...
Kabam lays off 8% as it focuses on massively multiplayer mobile hits like Marvel: Contest of Champions
Kabam is laying 8 percent of its mobile game company workforce today as part of a strategic move to focus on a more narrow...
Kabam sells off ‘classic’ mobile games to China’s Gaea to focus on bigger titles
In order to focus on its biggest games, Kabam has sold off its classic mobile games and third-party publishing business to Chinese game firm...
Kabam’s Kevin Chou on setting a strategy to win in global mobile gaming
Kevin Chou is a young chief executive, but in six swift years, he has grown Kabam into a $400 million free-to-play mobile gaming company with 800 employees.
Kabam’s Marvel: Contest of Champions mobile game hits $100M
SHANGHAI — Kabam chief executive Kevin Chou announced today that his company’s Marvel: Contest of Champions has surpassed $100 million in gross revenue in just...
To succeed in China, game developers must consider monetization first
Jeff Lyndon of iDreamSky tells how Western and Chinese game developers differ.
Kabam teams up with Longtu Games to launch Marvel mobile game in China
The Kabam launch will test whether Chinese mobile gamers will welcome Western content.