How China’s Perfect World plans to be a player in mobile games — and the West
Robert Xiao's Perfect World has 4,500 employees working on online and mobile games. But will he make a brand in the West?
Zynga’s share price up 10% after a ‘less terrible than expected’ third quarter
Despite the jump, Zynga hasn't convinced analysts that it's on the path to profitability.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Making the PlayStation 4 controller, Apple’s new iPad Air, and GamesBeat 2013
This week, GamesBeat’s Editor-in-Chief Dan “Shoe” Hsu’s exclusive four-part series on the DualShock 4 controller explores how Sony designed and redesigned the controller. This in-depth...
Zynga expects to be profitable for full fiscal year, so to speak
Zynga will have a pre-tax profit, and new CEO is bullish on the ability to grow in the future.
Zynga losses aren’t bad, but the decline in social gamers continues
Daily active users fall from 60 million a year ago to 30 million now.
Zynga announces a hiring, not a departure: DeNA West’s Clive Downie is its new chief operating officer
Downie jumps from DeNA West to the No. 2 job at Zynga.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs, times are still uneasy at Zynga, and mobile games soar in value
This week, Ubisoft delays two of its next-gen launch games (Watch Dogs and The Crew) perilously close to the new console launch dates, mobile...
Analyst: Zynga’s new-CEO honeymoon could end soon as it continues to bleed users
Zynga's games are shedding players at an alarming rate, and the publisher will have to explain how it plans to turn things around if it hopes to maintain the faith of the investment community.
Zynga cofounder leaves the social-game developer
The former Zynga Poker lead engineer wrote on Facebook that he is heading off on his own again.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GTA Online’s rocky launch, Mojang revealed, and going to League of Legends school
This week, legendary military thriller author Tom Clancy dies at 66, Grand Theft Auto V’s online mode launches but not without a few problems,...