The DeanBeat: Where Pokémon Go should go next
Niantic Labs is riding a rocket, generating an estimated $200 million in revenue in its first month with Pokémon Go. It grew faster to 10...
Vungle has grown video ad revenue by 400 percent in China since 2015
China has become a critical market for mobile app and game companies, and video-ad firm Vungle has helped them monetize there. Vungle chief executive...
GamesBeat 2016 panel delves into balancing monetization and retention
Everybody wants to make money with free-to-play games, but they don’t want to turn up the monetization so high that it turns off loyal...
Mobile-social gaming firm RockYou lays off 65 people
Mobile social game RockYou is laying off 65 people, or 18 percent of its staff, over the next three months, GamesBeat confirmed today. The...
N3twork’s Neil Young believes $10 billion mobile game is inevitable
Neil Young is one of the big thinkers in mobile games, and he came up with a big thought in a talk at today’s...
China surpasses the U.S. in iOS game revenue for the first time
In the second quarter, China hit a new milestone as it surpassed the U.S. to become the No. 1 country for iOS game revenue,...
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...
The DeanBeat: Pokémon Go has a chance to change the world
Everyone is talking about Pokémon Go as if it is changing the world. And it is. I don’t mean that I absolutely believe all...
Netmarble’s hit Soul King mobile game goes global
Netmarble Games is determined to make a big splash in the West. The South Korean mobile game company’s latest attempt is Soul King, a...
Facebook: 43% of mobile gamers are parents
Gaming has become a $99 billion market, with mobile games accounting for $36 billion of that in 2016, according to market researcher Newzoo. And...