N3twork’s Neil Young takes a second stab at mobile gaming greatness Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 9, 2016 10 min Neil Young has had many lives in gaming. His latest is as the CEO of N3twork, a company that started as an interest-based social... Continue Reading 10 min
Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2013 2 min Closures are part of Zynga's strategy to contain costs using "guard rails." Continue Reading 2 min
Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner starts a studio to focus on Ouya console games (exclusive interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 7, 2013 3 min Bettner is funding the effort himself and has pulled a team together to make an Ouya game. Continue Reading 3 min
Words With Friends co-creators leave Zynga Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 5, 2012 2 min In a phone interview with GamesBeat, brothers Paul and David Bettner confirmed their departure but wouldn't say what they'll do next. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga paid $53.3M to buy Words With Friends mobile game maker Newtoy Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2011 2 min Tucked away in Zynga‘s initial public offering filing are the amounts that the company paid to buy a bunch of game studios in the... Continue Reading 2 min