Categories Posted inin Business Recurious debuts Dinorama educational mobile game where the emphasis is on fun Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 16, 2013 3 min With funding from Reid Hoffman's Greylock and other famous investors, Recurious could stand out among education app-makers. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Screen Media Ventures launches free-to-use movie streaming app with Tapjoy Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2013 2 min Free-to-play has created a boom in digital games. Will it work with other entertainment apps? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nvidia’s Project Shield on schedule for Q2 release (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 11, 2013 2 min Nvidia is investing around $10 million in the project for mobile gaming. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile dominates new game sector investments in Q1 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2013 2 min Mobile and online game investment dollars grew 35 percent to $191 million. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Facebooker-turned-game dev Tam stays calm in the mobile storm (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 9, 2013 12 min Storm8 has more than 400 million downloads and 10 million daily mobile gamers. Chief executive Perry Tam says it did that by being bold. Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Green Throttle taps BioWare vets to build Android game for the living room Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 9, 2013 2 min Former BioWare developers at Hungry Moose Games developed 9 Lives: Casey and Sphynx. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why it’s easier to get games discovered on Google Play than the App Store (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 4, 2013 3 min Mobile search-optimization engine tool maker SearchMan has figured out which store does better with search discovery. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Clash of Clans mobile gamemaker Supercell is raising more than $100M at an $800M valuation Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2013 2 min Clash of Clans has proven to be an addictive game with high monetization. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Verizon launches games portal using PlayPhone technology Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2013 2 min PlayPhone makes it easy to find friends and play games with them on Verizon's new portal. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Com2Us rides the Kakao mobile games wave and expands to the U.S. Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 22, 2013 3 min The company is starting to benefit from games distributed on mobile messaging platforms such as Kakao Talk. Continue Reading 3 min