The iPad has a huge hit in Natural Motion's Clumsy Ninja, with 10M downloads in a week
NaturalMotion says its autonomous virtual character is taking off in all territories, with fans that cross all age groups and genders.
Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)
With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game.
How all app publishers can benefit from the mobile gaming industry’s best practices
Free-to-play has revolutionized the monetization model in gaming by charging players based on their willingness to pay, instead of displaying one set price for all. Indeed, through a dynamic pricing scheme for in-app purchase items, free-to-play has enabled game publishers to monetize the whole of the price/demand curve.
The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
Why your free-to-play users aren’t coming back
Retention is the foundation of the free-to-play model. Here are three reasons why your users aren't coming back.
Mobile games winning the war for your attention
The answer to who are the more committed gamers, console or mobile players, might not be as clear-cut as you think.
Game developers, start your Unity 3D engines (interview)
Unity Technologies is expanding across the globe and into all gaming platforms. Watch out, Epic.
NaturalMotion’s iOS racing game generates $12M in revenue in first month
NaturalMotion is on a tear with its latest iPhone game, CSR Racing, which is generating more than $12 million in revenue per month. It’s...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox 720, 3DS XL, and surviving the zombie apocalypse
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
NaturalMotion raises $11 million to set up U.S. headquarters, develop high-end social mobile games
The game technology and development company responsible for the tech in titles like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Max Payne 3 is coming to America.