British digital marketer acquires Israeli user-acquisition platform DAU-UP for $19M Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 3, 2014 2 min The deal will combine more mobile marketing services in a single vendor. Continue Reading 2 min
The sleeping giant: How the West will one day embrace paying for free-to-play Posted byby Jason Wilson September 2, 2014 5 min Kids are the future. Continue Reading 5 min
Kim Kardashian crushes the competition for mobile games in July Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 27, 2014 2 min Disney Tsum Tsum zooms up the charts and Transformers makes a splash too. Continue Reading 2 min
WWE SuperCard digital card game slams past 1.5 million downloads in one week Posted byby Mike Minotti August 25, 2014 1 min WWE SuperCard is off to a nice start on iTunes and Google Play. Continue Reading 1 min
Unity CEO: Explosive growth helping indie game devs save — and make — big bucks Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 20, 2014 2 min Nearly 3M devs have had more than 8.7B app installs with Unity. Continue Reading 2 min
Tactile Entertainment wants to join Supercell, Rovio, and King as a Nordic mobile-gaming wonder (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 14, 2014 6 min The Danish mobile game maker wants to dethrone the leaders of Nordic region. Continue Reading 6 min
Zynga CEO explains his vision for long-term gaming leadership Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 7, 2014 3 min Don Mattrick says Zynga is being "purposefully competitive." Continue Reading 3 min
Zynga misses Wall Street expectations, but it invests in NFL and Tiger Woods games for the ‘long term’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 7, 2014 4 min A year into his tenure, CEO Don Mattrick is having a hard time growing revenues, but he remains an optimist about investing in social mobile games. Continue Reading 4 min
Struggle Street: The day-to-day challenges of a game developer in the West Bank Posted byby GamesBeat August 6, 2014 6 min Aside from the challenges all startups face, the Ramallah gaming studio PinchPoint is daily confronted with an assortment of political, social, and economic challenges, all stemming from its deeply troubled relationship with Israel. Continue Reading 6 min
iDreamSky's Monte Singman wants to take Western hits to China (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2014 7 min iDreamSky is planning an IPO based on its success taking Western mobile games like Fruit Ninja into China. Continue Reading 7 min