56 posts and columns on mobile gaming

Videogames Using the Power of Fans to Get a Kick Start

in Commerce on May 21 at 7:00 am PT

Videogames are fast becoming one of the most popular categories that are able to attract start-up capital from everyday people.
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Mobile Gaming Is Hot, but Pocket Gems Won’t Sell Out

in Commerce on May 17 at 9:26 am PT

Pocket Gems says it is not for sale, even though other mobile gaming companies like OMGPOP and Funzio are cashing out at big valuations.
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News Byte

Frenzoo Raises $1 Million to Fund “Me Girl” Mobile Games

in Commerce on May 10 at 5:00 am PT

Frenzoo, which is building a series of mobile games targeting women, has raised $1 million in seed funding. Participating investors include Efficient Corporate, Siemer Ventures, K5 Ventures and Metaverse Services. Based in Hong Kong and San Francisco, the company said it will use the funding to launch a series of fashion- and lifestyle-based games under the brand “Me Girl.”

EA Says Digital Will Offset New Console Investments for the First Time

in Commerce on May 8 at 2:45 pm PT

Despite having to sink $80 million into new console game development this year, EA’s CEO John Riccitiello is upbeat, saying that “we are absolutely a different company in a different spot.”
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Voices

In Japan, Games Business Pairs Reward and Risk

in News on May 8 at 1:20 pm PT

As a Japanese government investigation questions the legality of mobile videogames like those from Gree Inc. and DeNA Co., a snapshot is emerging ofboththe promise and risk of the nascent social-network games business, an industry that offers a new model of success for Japan’s flagging technology sector.

EA Predicts Digital Games Will Make Up 40 Percent of Revenue Next Year

in Commerce on May 7 at 1:58 pm PT

Electronic Arts beat analyst expectations for both revenue and profits today for the fourth quarter, driven by strong digital revenues and sales from its latest game, Mass Effect 3.
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Will Electronic Arts’ Q4 Performance Help Its Struggling Stock?

in Commerce on May 7 at 7:00 am PT

Since the company’s last earnings release, Electronic Arts’ stock has tumbled 20 percent. Can the company’s Q4 results — coming out later today — be enough to turn things around?
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Funzio’s Big Exit to Gree Fueled by Only Three Hit Game Titles

in Commerce on May 4 at 4:42 pm PT

Funzio’s $210 million sale to Tokyo-based Gree this week makes it the second mobile game company with a relatively short operating history to be snapped up recently.
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CrowdStar Lands $11.5 Million to Support Its Shift From Social to Mobile Gaming

in Commerce on May 2 at 12:00 pm PT

CrowdStar has landed $11.5 million in fresh capital to help it complete its transformation from developing social games to mobile games.
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Japan’s Gree Buys Mobile Social Game Developer Funzio for $210 Million

in Commerce on May 1 at 5:09 pm PT

Gree, the Tokyo-based company that bought OpenFeint for $100 million last year and is trying to build a global mobile social network, has acquired Funzio for $210 million.
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Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in Just Over a Month

Games Taking a Back Seat to Social Networking on the Phone

in Commerce, April 27, 2012 at 11:54 am PT

As Nintendo Fades, Zynga Continues to Grow

in Commerce, April 27, 2012 at 9:48 am PT

CrowdStar No Longer Developing Social Games for Facebook

in Commerce, April 25, 2012 at 10:00 am PT

Is Zynga Becoming Less Dependent on Facebook?

in Commerce, April 24, 2012 at 10:28 am PT

Zynga Accounted for 15 Percent of Facebook’s Revenues in Q1, Down From Last Year

in Commerce, April 23, 2012 at 3:31 pm PT

OMG, Zynga Planning “a Few” More Hundred Million-Dollar Acquisitions

in Commerce, April 17, 2012 at 10:13 am PT

EA Laying Off Hundreds of Employees, but Still Aggressively Hiring

in Commerce, April 16, 2012 at 1:02 pm PT

BBC Worldwide Invests in Games Technology Company Spaceport.io

Amazon Matches Apple’s Revenue Split for In-App Payments

in Commerce, April 10, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Zynga’s Draw Something Slingshots Past Angry Birds in App Store

in Commerce, April 5, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Accel Partners Bets on Social Games Company Dragonplay

in Commerce, April 2, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT

Rovio Adds Futuremark Game Studio to Its Flock

Windows Phone Users Will Get Angry Birds Space, Eventually

in Mobile, March 23, 2012 at 9:06 am PT

Zynga’s Stock Rises as Wall Street Approves of OMGPOP Acquisition