Categories Posted inin Technology Red Hot Labs raises $1.5M for mobile games and a platform to make them spread Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2013 2 min The company includes members of the team that created Zynga's smash hit social game FarmVille. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Cmune raises funding for first-person shooters on mobile and Facebook Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2013 1 min Will first-person shooters emerge as a big market on social and mobile platforms? Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology User acquisition may not be sexy, but it’s critical in mobile games (part 2) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2013 8 min A panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition tactics. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Gree and Yahoo Japan invest $2.2M in GxYz social-gaming business Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2013 1 min The joint venture will bring about social games on smartphones. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology User acquisition may not be sexy, but it’s critical in mobile games (part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2013 13 min A panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition tactics. Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business This 13-year-old boy runs his own mobile game startup Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2013 4 min Jordan Casey is making the rounds at game conferences and selling multiple iOS and Android games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Qualcomm is ready to deliver mobile users a real gaming platform (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2013 10 min With $20 billion in revenue, Qualcomm is creating the mobile platforms that game developers will soon care about, if they don't already. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gaming consumes a great share of dollars spent on the Google and Apple app stores Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 1, 2013 4 min December saw an astounding increase in revenues and downloads for mobile games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Does it make sense for game developers to publish on the doomed BlackBerry? Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 1, 2013 4 min BlackBerry is in a long decline, but does it make sense to make games for its smartphones? Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Facebook touts why its social network makes mobile games better Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2013 2 min The giant social network claims that players who find games on Facebook spend more time in the corresponding apps and are more likely to spend money on those titles. Continue Reading 2 min