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.
PlayPhone adds 20 games to its mobile social gaming network
PlayPhone is shooting to fill the void left by the shutdown of OpenFeint.
Papaya Mobile’s new ad-exchange program could lure new developers to the platform (interview)
Chief executive and cofounder Si Shen discusses Papaya Mobile's new mobile traffic exchange, AppFlood.
PlayPhone quadruples its mobile social gaming network users in six months
PlayPhone, a startup that has created a mobile social gaming network, says it has grown its users from 1 million monthly active fans to 4 million in the past half year.
PlayPhone enables instant multiplayer across Android and iOS devices (exclusive)
PlayPhone is announcing a technology today that will enable instant multiplayer gaming across iOS and Android devices. The technology will be part of the...
PlayPhone buys mobile marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5M (exclusive)
PlayPhone has acquired mobile social marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5 million in stock, VentureBeat has learned. Ron Czerny, chief executive of PlayPhone, confirmed the...
Exclusive: PlayPhone launches its smartphone social gaming network
PlayPhone is formally launching its smartphone mobile social gaming network today after signing up more than 3 million users worldwide. I guess you could...