Why Wooga is focusing on story-based casual games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2018 7 min Berlin’s Wooga rose to prominence in mobile games on the strength of casual games like Diamond Dash and Bubble Island. But the company had... Continue Reading 7 min
Berlin’s Wooga lays off 40 as it zeroes in on casual mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2016 2 min Berlin-based Wooga, the maker of casual games such as Pearl’s Peril, has laid off 40 people out of its 300 employees. Jens Begemann, CEO... Continue Reading 2 min
Inside Wooga’s mobile gaming hit factory in Berlin (photo gallery) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2015 5 min We get a tour inside the Berlin headquarters of the maker of mobile-game hits like Jelly Splash, Pearl's Peril, and Agent Alice. Continue Reading 5 min
Wooga chief says mobile gaming is separating into winners and losers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2015 10 min Jens Begemann says you have to bet big on some genres or drop out. Continue Reading 10 min
Wooga’s Jens Begemann on making the transition from social to mobile games (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 22, 2014 8 min The German gamemaker's revenues doubled in the past year. And 70 percent of it now comes from mobile. Continue Reading 8 min
Jens Begemann on Wooga’s plan to create million-dollar mobile blockbusters (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 28, 2013 9 min Social-game developer Wooga found success on mobile with Jelly Splash, a color-tile matching game with more than 10 million downloads in eight weeks on iOS. Continue Reading 9 min
Casual game developer Wooga experiments with new genres and platforms in 2013 Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes February 22, 2013 3 min It has four games scheduled for release in the next two months: Pearl's Peril, Kingsbridge, Pocket Village, and Monster World mobile. Continue Reading 3 min