Record $25 billion in deals may be game industry’s Everest
This year’s record $25 billion in game industry deals in over just 9 months could mean we’ve hit the peak of the market, as...
Tencent is the biggest fish in the $22 billion game investment pond
In game-industry deal-making, there’s Tencent, then there’s everyone else. The Chinese behemoth led or participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games...
China’s game market soared to $18.5 billion in 2014
A boom in mobile gaming helped China's impressive industry growth this year.
China gets its own Borderlands in 2015
Borderlands just keeps growing, and now it's coming to China.
Chinese online game publisher Shanda gets $1.9B offer to go private
A group of controlling shareholders wants to take the company private.
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.
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies
GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...
Trion Worlds teams up with Shanda to take Rift online game to China
Chasing World of Warcraft in its biggest market, Trion Worlds is announcing today that it will launch its Rift online fantasy role-playing game in...
Flash games are still generating strong traffic and revenue growth for developers
The Flash game market is thriving. Developers have sprouted up around the world. They’re creating mobile games based on their Flash web games, and...