Categories Posted inin Technology Alibaba's investment values Kabam at more than $1B Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 4 min Company says it will publish Lord of the Rings game in China and generate $500M in revenue in 2014. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Tapstream: New SMS-based mobile user acquisition tool has 'order of magnitude' higher returns Posted byby GamesBeat July 29, 2014 2 min Would you send a text to a friend about a hot new app you discovered? Tapstream says you just might, and that its brand-new... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile games revenue will double by 2017 as growth spreads worldwide (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2014 1 min Asia Pacific stands out as the biggest revenue generator for mobile games by far. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development 10,000-developer survey: 2% of coders split staggering 54% of all app revenue Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 3 min It’s a Darwinian world out there. And not many are winning. A new 10,000-developer survey by Developer Economics says that 50 percent of iOS developers... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile messaging platform Tango hires game publishing leader and creates $25M game investment fund Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 4 min Tango hires Jim Ying to fund and publish games on the mobile messaging network. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Complex Games will take Warhammer 40,000 game franchise to mobile devices Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2014 2 min A seasoned game franchise makes its move to mobile. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Killer? Big Fish Games launches its Cascade match-3 game Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2014 1 min The twist is that Cascade combines "match-3" play with a slot machine. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Kabam COO says mobile game companies have to get serious about Asia Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2014 3 min Kabam is at a crossroads, pushing into the Asian market and bringing Asian games to the West. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business iDreamSky creates a big mobile game publishing platform in China Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 1, 2014 12 min China's game market is becoming huge. iDreamSky can help make it work for you. Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Study reveals that video ads can pump up revenues without hurting in-app purchases Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2014 2 min Interstitial video ads show increases in ad revenue without hurting retention or IAP. Continue Reading 2 min