Mobile Games Archives

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Timing is everything — and mobile advertising is no different

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 3, 2014
3 min

Over the last 12 months, native ads have done a fantastic job of blending in with the content they’re served in, which has proven to be much more engaging when compared to traditional banner ads.

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3 min

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Big Fish Games sees zany Fairway Solitaire Blast as another potential 'evergreen' mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2014
2 min

As solitaire games go, Fairway Solitaire is a big franchise, and now it has a new arcadey version.

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2 min

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Playing god was never so easy with Godus (hands-on preview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2014
6 min

Peter Molyneux says Godus is foolishly, ridiculously ambitious in going after hardcore and casual gamers alike.

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6 min

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Gree launches its ridiculous fighting game Flop Fu, born from its G-Labs experiment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 28, 2014
3 min

The title is one of the first to come out of the experimental G-Lab at Gree.

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3 min

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MediaBrix says in-game mobile-reward ads get over 90 percent engagement rates

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 27, 2014
3 min

MediaBrix released its third semi-annual report on social and mobile gaming today, saying that its in-game reward ads are generating huge returns for free-to-play...

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3 min

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King CEO shakes off sour Candy Crush Saga investors

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 26, 2014
4 min

King's stock price falls in its first day of trading, but its CEO says the social-game company can deliver in the long run.

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4 min

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The DeanBeat: What meme had wings at the Game Developers Conference?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2014
4 min

The Game Developers Conference ends today after a full week of lectures, demos, parties, and drunken strolls down the streets of San Francisco. I have attended many GDC events over the years, and I spent a lot of time at this one. I was surprised that so little of the event was about console games.