Categories Posted inin Business Take that, Kate Upton, as Megan Fox becomes the face of Plarium’s Stormfall Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 4, 2016 4 min Supermodel Kate Upton’s Super Bowl commercial made Machine Zone’s Game of War: Fire Age into one of the best-known mobile games. And now Israel’s... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Israel’s $1B game business thrives in a cutthroat global industry Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 26, 2015 14 min TEL AVIV — I traveled to Israel for the first time last week to get a good look at the country’s $1 billion game... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Business Alien vs. Predator is coming to Facebook thanks to Plarium and Fox Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 14, 2015 2 min Plarium is announcing today that it plans to bring the Alien vs. Predator franchise to Facebook by creating a new campaign within its massively multiplayer... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development How Israel became a social gaming hub Posted byby Jason Wilson June 5, 2015 3 min The Holy Land is also the promised land for some game developers. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business 4 quick steps to optimize the ‘ROI’ from game industry events Posted byby Jason Wilson February 26, 2015 4 min Consider this post your personal Game Developers Conference 2015 Survival Guide. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Plarium launches new version of smash-hit Stormfall on mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 12, 2015 2 min After having big success with 30M downloads on Facebook, Plarium finally launches Stormfall: Rise of Balur on mobile devices. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The two-ingredient recipe for hooking gamers Posted byby Jason Wilson January 3, 2015 4 min These "ingredients" -- such as events -- are integral to making a fun game that keeps engaging its players and grows increasingly popular over time. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why one studio is still plugging away on new Facebook games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 13, 2014 3 min Facebook developer's latest strategy title features its highest-production values yet. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Plarium aims to reproduce Facebook success with Total Domination: Reborn on iOS Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 6, 2013 2 min Plarium snared 30 million players for its Total Domination hardcore strategy game. Now it is expanding into mobile. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Israel’s Plarium debuts graphically rich hardcore Stormfall game on Facebook (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 1, 2012 2 min Plarium is one of a number of social gaming firms in Israel. Continue Reading 2 min