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Sega confirms layoffs in Western mobile division to focus on its famous characters

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 4, 2016
1 min

Sega confirmed to GamesBeat that it has handed out layoffs at Sega Networks, its mobile division in the West. The company attributes the changes...

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N3twork brings aboard a CRO to figure out user acquisition for mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 4, 2016
3 min

If you were going into the mobile game business today, how would you attack the challenge of getting users for a mobile game in...

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Meet Frank Gibeau, Zynga’s new CEO

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 1, 2016
2 min

Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success.

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Games for Change and American Express launch game to save our national parks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 1, 2016
3 min

Nonprofit group Games for Change and American Express have teamed up to create Save the Park, a mobile game that encourages people to volunteer in...

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FarmVille co-creator Mark Skaggs catches the express train to India to make mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 24, 2016
3 min

Mark Skaggs is a seasoned game designer whose hits such as FarmVille and Empires & Allies reached more than 365 million people. But after seven years...

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Kabam lays off 8% as it focuses on massively multiplayer mobile hits like Marvel: Contest of Champions

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 22, 2016
4 min

Kabam is laying 8 percent of its mobile game company workforce today as part of a strategic move to focus on a more narrow...

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It’s time to rethink how in-game ads work

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 20, 2016
3 min

2015 marked the first time in history that more than half of the U.S. population were mobile phone gamers. Even as game investments and...

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InnoGames’ mobile stable sees 100% growth in 2015 thanks to Forge of Empires

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 18, 2016
1 min

Someone’s been striking the mobile forge for a nice profit. InnoGames announced today that it achieved revenues of $111.14 million in 2015, a growth...