Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Tencent leads China’s domination of the global games business Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 20, 2018 4 min If you follow the $116 billion game business, you may know that China has become the world’s biggest game market, and that Tencent is... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dreamworks Universe of Legends: Where Shrek meets Kung-Fu Panda and dragons Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 26, 2017 2 min Firefly Games is unveiling DreamWorks Universe of Legends, which brings a number of entertainment franchises into a single mobile game. Now you can play... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Firefly Games raises $10 million to make Hollywood-based mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 12, 2016 2 min Mobile game publisher Firefly Games has raised $10 million in a second round of funding to expand its efforts to make games based on... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to crack the Asian markets Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 29, 2015 7 min China is becoming an essential market for game companies, as it has become the world’s largest gaming market. South Korea, Japan, and the rest... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rush of Heroes tests if a Chinese mobile hit can work in the U.S. Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 15, 2015 2 min Chinese mobile game I am MT2 has 70M players, and now it will be launched as Rush of Heroes. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Firefly Games raises $8M to bring top Asian mobile games to the West Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2015 2 min The Los Angeles startup says it will publish four games in the West in 2015. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Widening its net, Kabam launches third-party publishing business Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2013 3 min Kabam follows the example of other fast-growing digital firms, by publishing games made by other developers. Continue Reading 3 min