Why the Canadian government is OK with picking winners and losers among game startups
Canada has hit its stride in video games, with more than 20,400 direct and an additional 16,000 indirect jobs in the game industry. It...
You’re not Supercell: Why you should let your mobile games live
Best practices in mobile game development usually means developing and soft launching a multitude of games. Then if those games don’t hit certain minimum...
Facebook and Supercell partner on Clash of Clans AR experience
Five years after its release, Clash of Clans continues to be one of the top 10 grossing games on the app stores. And Facebook...
What Angry Birds and Clash Royale taught us about surviving after your game goes viral
The past several years have seen the rise and fall of viral mobile apps that strike gold for several months, falter and then fade...
Will Brawl Stars be Supercell’s next billion-dolllar mobile game?
Supercell has just four games in the market, but it is the master of the $46 billion mobile games industry because those titles have...
The DeanBeat: Game industry’s leaders share more wisdom
Summer used to be a slow time for games. After the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game industry show in Los Angeles, everybody...
Game investor Phil Harrison sees the broader view of games beyond Sony and Microsoft
Phil Harrison was probably the tallest person at the Gamelab gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, this week. And that, along with his decades of...
Clash of Clans maker Supercell is making investments so its core team can stay small
Supercell is generating a ton of cash from its ongoing successful games like Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Most of the company is...
Kabam’s leaders offer mobile gaming lessons and a bittersweet goodbye
Kabam was one of the most inspiring rags-to-riches stories of modern gaming. Founded in 2008 by former University of California at Berkeley students, it...
Supercell acquires 62% of London’s Space Ape Games for $55.8 million
Clash of Clans maker Supercell has acquired 62 percent of London-based Space Ape Games for $55.8 million. The deal is another sign of consolidation...