King Digital revealed in its IPO filing that it generated $1.9 billion last year, thanks primarily to its hit Candy Crush Saga. But while there are lessons to be learned from… Read more »
Sequoia Capital led a $9 million funding round for Kiwi, a 160-employee company focused on building social games for Android. Such an investment is a high-risk proposition for several reasons, but… Read more »
Zynga shareholders are clearly pleased with the company’s choice of former Xbox boss Don Mattrick to take over as CEO. But Mattrick’s lack of experience in mobile gaming is likely to… Read more »
Nintendo’s investors think the company is wasting time and energy developing for its own devices. Instead, fund managers think Nintendo should turn its attention to developing for smartphones, especially Apple’s iPhone… Read more »
Zynga is ramping up its mobile efforts as it prepares for its IPO. Here are a few key strategies the social gaming company should pursue as it prepares to take on… Read more »
Zynga is ramping up its mobile efforts as it prepares for its IPO. Here are a few key strategies the social gaming company should pursue as it prepares to take on… Read more »
If your image of a video gamer is a 30-something chugging Red Bull and playing first-person shooters all night, think again. Mobile social gaming — which includes everything from Electronic Arts’… Read more »
Mobile social gaming is reshaping the video game market at large, moving it beyond the traditional hardcore male gamer into a more mainstream — and potentially lucrative — industry. Here are… Read more »
As if we needed another sign that mobile social gaming was hot, Intel Capital announced it’s joining in a Series B round of funding for Aurora Feint, the social platform provider… Read more »
The majority of startups funded are headquartered in Massachusetts, New York and California, with the latter attracting the greatest amount of capital. Read more »