The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions
It was a heck of a week for game company transactions, illustrating the huge opportunities in gaming and growing investor interest — as well...
Storm8’s journey from a Facebook gaming startup to a $300 million acquisition
Storm8‘s years of making mobile games paid off this week when Stillfront Group agreed to buy the Redwood City, California-based company for $300 million...
Storm8 lays off about 130 from its social mobile gaming studio
Social mobile game publisher Storm8 laid off a large number of its employees this week. By one account, the San Mateo, California-based company cut about...
The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for the game industry in 2016
The video game business is unpredictable. But if you can predict the trends with a reasonable degree of accuracy, your company can gain a...
The branding game: It’s about savvy partnerships and communication, not ‘brand slaps’
It wasn’t long ago that mobile game companies could easily get a license to make branded games featuring movie or cartoon characters. But brand...
Mobile publisher Storm8 hits a billion downloads for its casual games
In doing so, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company is joining a relatively small club of companies that have had so many downloads. The company said that it is dedicated to building a “world of play” with high-quality games.
Storm8 launches Monopoly Bingo! mobile game in deal with Hasbro
Mobile gamers are embracing brands, so Storm8 is serving up a big one for them.
Storm8 wants to become a household name in mobile games (interview)
Though it has 40 mobile games, 250 employees, and 50 million monthly active players, the publisher is still considered a bit of a small fry among the familiar mobile game industry leaders like King, GungHo Entertainment, and Supercell.
Storm8's mobile games have reached more than 400 million casual gamers (exclusive)
In five years, Perry Tam has grown Storm8's mobile games to more than 50 million monthly active users.
Mobile publisher Storm8 kicks off third-party business by bringing Tower of Saviors to the West
Storm8 will republish the hit game in the West as War of Dragons.