Ex-King and Z2 game devs raise $5M for Starform game studio
Starform, a Seattle-based game studio that former King and Z2Live mobile game veterans started, has raised $5 million so that it can create online...
Ex-King developers raise $1.5 million and launch Starform studio to make online games
Starform, a new Seattle-based game studio that former King and Z2Live mobile game veterans started, has raised $1.25 million and announced plans to make...
The DeanBeat: The landscape of gaming in 2019
This weekend, Disney, Electronic Arts, and Respawn Entertainment are expected to take the wraps off Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, a new video game...
King shuts down former Z2Live mobile game studio in Seattle, cuts 78 jobs
Activision Blizzard said it is laying off hundreds of employees today, and part of the fallout is that King’s mobile game studio in Seattle...
Why King’s disruptive CEO is happy with his new traditional-gaming overlord
Call of Duty, StarCraft, and now Candy Crush Saga. Activision Blizzard’s $5.9 billion purchase of King Digital Entertainment means that it will have a...
King is launching new games and expanding to new territories this year
King chief executive Riccardo Zacconi said the company has more games in development than ever before as it tries to come up with hits to match the success of its flagship mobile monster Candy Crush Saga — and taking the opposite tack as other competitors like Kabam scale down their focuses to their biggest games.
Candy Crush Saga publisher acquires its first U.S. game studio
King is further diversifying its portfolio with a developer that specializes in strategy and military apps.
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.
How to fail up in the game business
At the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, five developers discussed what they've learned from their failures and how to structure a project for success.
Z2Live swallows Big Sandwich Games in acquisition deal (exclusive)
Z2Live, the creator of hit free-to-play social games on mobile devices, is announcing today it has acquired Big Sandwich Games in Vancouver, Canada. The...