Categories Posted inin Technology King.com’s Candy Crush Saga beats Zynga with top social-mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 17, 2013 3 min For the first time in years, Zynga does not have the top game in daily users on Facebook. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology FarmVille 2 has 17 players in the Vatican and other ‘big data’ trivia Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 4, 2013 1 min About 350M crops are harvested every day in Zynga's most popular social game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ is bankrupt, Zynga shuts down 11 games Posted byby GamesBeat January 4, 2013 2 min 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. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Top game controversies of 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2012 6 min From game violence to sex chat, game companies got into hot water in 2012. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The end is near: 11 Zynga games are victims of cost-cutting Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2012 2 min Zynga is shutting down 11 games soon as part of a cost-cutting measure, according to TechCrunch. The free-to-play games are either unpopular or are... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The biggest gaming trends of 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 28, 2012 7 min 2012 went by fast. Here are the trends that mattered in gaming. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Here’s the scorecard on our 2012 predictions for the game industry Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 28, 2012 7 min Before you read our forecast for 2013, take a look at how we did on last year's predictions. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for 2013 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 28, 2012 8 min Predictions are always embarrasing in hindsight, but we love going out on a limb. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The news that shook the game world in 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 27, 2012 10 min Big failures and surprise successes marked 2012 for the games industry. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga Japan is no more Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 21, 2012 1 min The social-gaming giant withdraws from Japan as it looks to cut costs. Continue Reading 1 min