Categories Posted inin Business Canadian artist, Gears of War writer team up for new augmented reality game Posted byby GamesBeat June 30, 2015 8 min Pull on your shoes and check the weather forecast because Clandestine: Anomaly is taking you outside to play games. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA Mobile believes that brands are only half of the answer in mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 22, 2015 16 min Quality and game play matter a lot too, says Bill Mooney in an interview with GamesBeat. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mark Pincus spent $2.2M on his incubator; now he’s selling it to Zynga for $1 Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2015 1 min Zynga has acquired Superlabs, the incubator that Mark Pincus created after leaving Zynga, for $1. The acquisition closes the loop for Pincus, who started the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga launches FarmVille: Harvest Swap to reap match-3 profits Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 28, 2015 3 min The new title has innovations based on swiping items on the screen. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga Poker’s struggles hurt overall market as players flee to social casino games Posted byby GamesBeat May 22, 2015 2 min But overall social poker revenues will dip from $179 million this year to $156 million in 2017. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fantasy sports firm FanDuel creates new department with Zynga’s laid-off employees Posted byby GamesBeat May 22, 2015 3 min Zynga Sports 365 is dead, but almost all its employees will be working on new projects at fantasy sports league company FanDuel. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Has the next generation of mobile games arrived? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 15, 2015 6 min Will a new generation of triple-A mobile games knock out Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga? Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga beats estimates with $183M in revenues — but it’s cutting 364 jobs Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Zynga reported its first-quarter results today. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga goes hardcore with Empires & Allies on mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 5, 2015 6 min Zynga entrusted Empires & Allies to former Command & Conquer developer Mark Skaggs, whose games have been played by hundreds of millions. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga’s No. 2 exec Clive Downie joins Unity Technologies as chief marketing officer Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 23, 2015 1 min The departure comes 15 days after Zynga announced that ex-CEO Don Mattrick left the social mobile gaming company. Continue Reading 1 min