Former EA/Playfish exec joins board of red-hot mobile gaming startup Supercell (interview)
Kristian Segerstrale is joining the board of the maker of the enormously lucrative Clash of Clans mobile game.
Game science will give you an advantage over your competitors
Science and creativity combine to make games that succeed.
Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)
With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Supercell raises $130M, BioShock Infinite tops March sales, and more …
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Institutional Venture Partners explains why it bet big on game studio Supercell
Investor believes that mobile growth is huge and Supercell is more than a one-hit wonder.
Valued at $770M, Clash of Clans game studio Supercell raises $130M
Thanks to Clash of Clans and Supercell, daily revenue is now at $2.4 million. Is it the fastest-growing game company in history?
Mobile dominates new game sector investments in Q1
Mobile and online game investment dollars grew 35 percent to $191 million.
How all app publishers can benefit from the mobile gaming industry’s best practices
Free-to-play has revolutionized the monetization model in gaming by charging players based on their willingness to pay, instead of displaying one set price for all. Indeed, through a dynamic pricing scheme for in-app purchase items, free-to-play has enabled game publishers to monetize the whole of the price/demand curve.
The DeanBeat: Will Battlefield 4 or Puzzle & Dragons reach $1B in revenues?
Puzzle & Dragons is generating $2.5 million in revenue a day.
Clash of Clans mobile gamemaker Supercell is raising more than $100M at an $800M valuation
Clash of Clans has proven to be an addictive game with high monetization.