The DeanBeat: Zynga’s new strategy reveals the agony and the ecstasy of mobile games
Zynga's latest deals illustrate that some people make the game business look easy, and some make it look hard.
An interview with Jenova Chen: How Journey’s creator went bankrupt and won game of the year
The game became the bestselling PlayStation Network game of all time, but the team fragmented after it was done.
Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment raises $18M as big launch draws near
Meteor Entertainment raised another $18M for its Hawken multiplayer mech combat game.
Location, location, location: Red Robot Labs unveils Life is Magic game, where you fight for territory
Will Life is Magic become the second big hit for Red Robot Labs in the location-gaming market?
Red Robot Labs to invest $2M in third-party developers making location games
Red Robot Labs is sharing the wealth by investing $2M in developers that use its location-based gaming platform.
The DeanBeat: What GamesBeat 2012 tells us about the road ahead in gaming
We had a great time at our well-attended GamesBeat 2012 conference last week talking about the road ahead in games and the Crossover Era. Here’s...
Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky: Game publishers will evolve or die (interview)
What does one of the world's most successful and active game investors think of the future of the medium?
Kickstarter gives game developers control over their destinies
Developers are learning that they can go to their fans, not merely the big publishers, to obtain funding for their games.
17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...
The DeanBeat: Will your game company survive the zombie apocalypse?
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles was full of glitzy press conferences (like Ubisoft’s, pictured above). So many...