Hoping to ignite a mobile messaging wildfire, Tango snares Zynga's Words with Friends
With Alibaba's investment, Tango is starting to sign bigger games for its network.
Timing is everything — and mobile advertising is no different
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.
Big Fish Games sees zany Fairway Solitaire Blast as another potential 'evergreen' mobile game
As solitaire games go, Fairway Solitaire is a big franchise, and now it has a new arcadey version.
Playing god was never so easy with Godus (hands-on preview)
Peter Molyneux says Godus is foolishly, ridiculously ambitious in going after hardcore and casual gamers alike.
Gree launches its ridiculous fighting game Flop Fu, born from its G-Labs experiment
The title is one of the first to come out of the experimental G-Lab at Gree.
MediaBrix says in-game mobile-reward ads get over 90 percent engagement rates
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...
King CEO shakes off sour Candy Crush Saga investors
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.
The DeanBeat: What meme had wings at the Game Developers Conference?
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.
Deep Silver expands from Saints Row IV to free-to-play mobile games
Koch Media's publishing label is moving beyond consoles to mobile titles like Dead Island: Epidemic
Roadhouse Interactive offers digital publishing services to indie game developers
Roadhouse also acquires digital marketing firm Chunky Pig.