| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.06.2025 | The Dark Side of Belief: A Minnesota Tragedy | In the quiet town of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, a tragedy unfolded that shook the community to its core. Vance Boelter, a man described by friends as deeply religious and conservative, became the center of a horrific shooting incident. The ju... |
| 20.06.2025 | 16 Billion Credentials Leaked, Though Some Critics Question the Data | Image: WhataWin/Adobe Stock
More than 16 billion leaked credentials have been identified by cyber researchers since the beginning of the year. While they assert the vast majority had previously gone unreported, critics argue there is insuff... |
| 18.01.2025 | The Rising Costs of Game Development: A Crisis in the Industry | The gaming industry is at a crossroads. Costs are skyrocketing, and the reasons are as complex as a multi-layered game plot. A recent analysis highlights three key culprits: inefficient management, rising salaries, and a lack of clear visio... |
| 17.01.2025 | Small studio, big impact: how MixRift is redefining MR gaming | In my role at Tech.eu, I sometimes step out of my comfort zone to chase stories. Take gaming. As someone visually challenged, it is not a pursuit I've really considered since I was a kid.
However, a mixed reality gaming company I met at the... |
| 28.11.2017 | RockYou debuts Vocally lifestyle and entertainment site for millennial women | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
RockYou Media is branching beyond social games with the launch of Vocally, a new digital property for multicultural millennial women.
T... |
| 28.11.2017 | RockYou debuts Vocally lifestyle and entertainment site for millennial women | RockYou Media is branching beyond social games with the launch of Vocally, a new digital property for multicultural millennial women.
The website is billed as a safe space to showcase unique perspectives of young women, and it will take adv... |
| 17.08.2017 | Kabam vet leads Deca Games’ charge into live operations for old games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Germany’s Deca Games is coming out of stealth to offer live operations (such as tournaments) that can breathe life into older mobile an... |
| 27.08.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/27/16 | Apollo Global Management bought Rackspace; Microsoft purchased Genee; Apple acquired Gliimpse
Travel planning and booking site TripAdvisor acquired social mapping platform Citymaps. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
Citymaps wi... |
| 14.07.2016 | DCM just raised a new $500 million fund — after returning $1.5 billion to its investors | DCM Ventures, an early stage venture firm, with offices in Menlo Park, Ca.; China; and Japan, has just closed its eighth early-stage fund, DCM VIII, with $500 million.
The fund came together on the heels of two other funds that DCM has rais... |
| 10.10.2015 | Introducing our GamesBeat Online schedule | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Above: Doki Tops, CEO of Utomik
Image Credit: Utomik
We’re going to keep our Twitch livestream going during break times at our GamesBea... |
| 08.10.2015 | Panel to explore the super-geek gaming future | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Where is gaming technology going?
Above: Seamus Blackley of Innovative Leisure
We’ve had tantalizing glimpses of the future with demos ... |
| 07.10.2015 | Here’s one of our mystery speakers for GamesBeat 2015 | We’re revealing today that Sinjin Bain, CEO of Maxplay, will be one of our mystery guest speakers at GamesBeat 2015.
OK, so it’s not much of a mystery anymore. But Bain has an interesting company. And we’ve still got one more mystery speake... |
| 07.10.2015 | Here’s one of our mystery speakers for GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re revealing today that Sinjin Bain, CEO of Maxplay, will be one of our mystery guest speakers at GamesBeat 2015.
OK, so it’s not mu... |
| 06.10.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 addresses how to play the branding game right | There’s been a mad rush into brands in the past year, thanks in no small part to the success of celebrity-branded Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the mobile game from Glu. Niccolo De Masi, the chief executive of Glu, will talk about that in a fi... |
| 06.10.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 addresses how to play the branding game right | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There’s been a mad rush into brands in the past year, thanks in no small part to the success of celebrity-branded Kim Kardashian: Holly... |
| 05.10.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 has a big focus on diversity and gaming’s women leaders | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re happy to say that we’ll have more women speakers than ever before at GamesBeat 2015, and the topic of diversity will come up ofte... |
| 05.10.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 has a big focus on diversity and gaming’s women leaders | We’re happy to say that we’ll have more women speakers than ever before at GamesBeat 2015, and the topic of diversity will come up often. We consider these 17 all-star women to be one of the attractions that will make our conference unique ... |
| 03.10.2015 | Meet the 27 all-star moderators for GamesBeat 2015 | I’m very proud to introduce a cast of characters that you won’t find together at any other event. Besides myself, the moderators of GamesBeat 2015 include the following people.
As you can tell from the picture of the guy below, our moderato... |
| 03.10.2015 | Meet the 27 all-star moderators for GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
I’m very proud to introduce a cast of characters that you won’t find together at any other event. Besides myself, the moderators of Gam... |
| 01.10.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 explores the future of user-generated content | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When Microsoft bought Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion a year ago, it was a ringing endorsement for user-generated content. Now ... |
| 30.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to use data to improve user acquisition and boost monetization | It’s all about data. If you want to win the monetization and user acquisition wars, you have to be armed with the right information.
Above: John Koetsier
We’ll explore this topic with our breakout session entitled How to use data to improve... |
| 30.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to use data to improve user acquisition and boost monetization | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s all about data. If you want to win the monetization and user acquisition wars, you have to be armed with the right information.
Ab... |
| 29.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to crack the Asian markets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
China is becoming an essential market for game companies, as it has become the world’s largest gaming market. South Korea, Japan, and t... |
| 29.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to crack the Asian markets | China is becoming an essential market for game companies, as it has become the world’s largest gaming market. South Korea, Japan, and the rest of Asia are also strategic regions. But how do you crack into it?
Above: Jeff Hilbert of DDM
Imag... |
| 28.09.2015 | GamesBeat panel examines how to raise money after the gaming boom | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Raising money is a big concern for everybody in the game ecosystem, and it isn’t getting any easier. ‘
The game industry has gone throu... |
| 22.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 puts a lens on mobile, motion capture, and virtual reality | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re excited to confirm the makeup of the upcoming GamesBeat 2015 panel on virtual reality. Richard Marks of Sony PlayStation Magic La... |
| 21.09.2015 | Game Insight CEO Anatoly Ropotov brings an Eastern European insight to GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Anatoly Ropotov, the chief executive officer at Game Insight, was recently confirmed as a speaker for GamesBeat 2015. A 15-year industr... |
| 18.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 features two mystery speakers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’ll have somewhere around 80 speakers and moderators at GamesBeat 2015. They’re the best and the brightest of the game industry. We’v... |
| 18.09.2015 | Lionsgate’s Peter Levin talks the intersection of movies and games at GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Long-time entertainment industry kingmaker Peter Levin, now president of interactive ventures and games at Lionsgate, will join the ran... |
| 17.09.2015 | Resolution Games CEO and ex-Candy Crush dev Tommy Palm hits GamesBeat 2015’s stage | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Tommy Palm, the CEO of Swedish game development studio Resolution Games, is the latest industry leader confirmed to speak at GamesBeat ... |
| 16.09.2015 | Industry pundit Michael Pachter confirmed as GamesBeat speaker | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In addition to his duties as a moderator at GamesBeat 2015, research analyst and managing director at Wedbush Securities Michael Pachte... |
| 16.09.2015 | Mobilepocalypse: Why mobile-user acquisition costs could double in the next 12 months | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Worlds are colliding.
On the one side, mobile-first publishers in the casual games, social, and entertainment spaces continue to compet... |
| 16.09.2015 | Mobilepocalypse: Why mobile-user acquisition costs could double in the next 12 months | Worlds are colliding.
On the one side, mobile-first publishers in the casual games, social, and entertainment spaces continue to compete for engaged, profitable users. They’ve already driven the cost of new users up to nearly $3 each, and t... |
| 10.09.2015 | Epic Games graphics guru Tim Sweeney headlines GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Tim Sweeney, the chief executive of Epic Games and a game graphics pioneer for 25 years, wi... |
| 10.09.2015 | Epic Games graphics guru Tim Sweeney headlines GamesBeat 2015 | It gives me great pleasure to announce that Tim Sweeney, the chief executive of Epic Games and a game graphics pioneer for 25 years, will be a premier speaker at our upcoming GamesBeat 2015 conference.
He’ll do a fireside chat with me about... |
| 04.09.2015 | Disney’s Chris Heatherly to speak on mobile gaming at GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Chris Heatherly, head of Disney Interactive’s mobile and social games business as well as Disney Club Penguin, is our newest speaker at... |
| 04.09.2015 | Disney’s Chris Heatherly to speak on mobile gaming at GamesBeat 2015 | Chris Heatherly, head of Disney Interactive’s mobile and social games business as well as Disney Club Penguin, is our newest speaker at GamesBeat 2015. He is the latest among the who’s who of gaming who will join our event at the Grand Hyat... |
| 03.09.2015 | Zynga’s Mark Skaggs to speak at GamesBeat 2015 | Mark Skaggs, the co-creator of hit social games like FarmVille and Empires & Allies at Zynga, is our newest speaker at GamesBeat 2015. The senior vice president at San Francisco’s Zynga is the latest to join our event at the Grand Hyatt... |
| 03.09.2015 | Zynga’s Mark Skaggs to speak at GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mark Skaggs, the co-creator of hit social games like FarmVille and Empires & Allies at Zynga, is our newest speaker at GamesBeat 20... |
| 02.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 adds Nexon’s chief Owen Mahoney as a speaker | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Our latest GamesBeat 2015 speaker is Owen Mahoney, the president and chief executive of Nexon, the Asian online gaming giant that has c... |
| 02.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 adds Nexon’s chief Owen Mahoney as a speaker | Our latest GamesBeat 2015 speaker is Owen Mahoney, the president and chief executive of Nexon, the Asian online gaming giant that has created titles such as Dungeon Fighter and Dirty Bomb. He’s one more among the cast of characters from gam... |
| 01.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 snares Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine as a new speaker | Our latest speaker, Graeme Devine looks like a character from Game of Thrones. The chief creative officer and vice president of games at Magic Leap is one more among the cast of characters from gaming who will talk at our GamesBeat 2015 con... |
| 01.09.2015 | GamesBeat 2015 snares Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine as a new speaker | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Our latest speaker, Graeme Devine looks like a character from Game of Thrones. The chief creative officer and vice president of games a... |
| 25.07.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 7/25/15 | Dropbox bought Clementine; FanDuel purchased Kotikan; Google acquired Pixate; eBay bought Twice
Event management platform Events.com purchased online registration provider EventsOnline. No financial terms of the acquistion were disclosed.
E... |
| 24.07.2015 | Our latest slate of speakers for GamesBeat 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Winter is coming. OK, well, it’s still a long way away, but we’re busy organizing our GamesBeat 2015 conference at the Grand Hyatt Unio... |
| 20.07.2015 | RockYou acquires MavenHut’s solitaire games as it bets on social casino games | Expanding its reach into social casino games, RockYou has acquired two solitaire apps from MavenHut for an undisclosed price. The acquisition of Solitaire Arena and Solitaire 3 Arena is part of RockYou’s ongoing bid to profitably operate ga... |
| 20.07.2015 | RockYou acquires MavenHut’s solitaire games as it bets on social casino games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Expanding its reach into social casino games, RockYou has acquired two solitaire apps from MavenHut for an undisclosed price. The acqui... |
| 10.07.2015 | Our next slate of kings and queens (er, speakers) for the GamesBeat 2015 event | Our next must-attend gaming event is the GamesBeat 2015 conference at the Grand Hyatt Union Square on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 in San Francisco. You can sign up for it now.
We had a wonderful GamesBeat Summit event in May. But that was a more in... |
| 10.07.2015 | Our next slate of kings and queens (er, speakers) for the GamesBeat 2015 event | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Our next must-attend gaming event is the GamesBeat 2015 conference at the Grand Hyatt Union Square on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 in San Franci... |
| 06.05.2015 | RockYou acquires PlayHaven as it moves deeper into mobile ad networks | RockYou has agreed to buy mobile ad network PlayHaven from its parent company, Science.
The deal shows RockYou’s unique position as both an operator of social games and a big advertising network. The acquisition of PlayHaven, which has boun... |
| 06.05.2015 | RockYou acquires PlayHaven as it moves deeper into mobile ad networks | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
RockYou has agreed to buy mobile ad network PlayHaven from its parent company, Science.
The deal shows RockYou’s unique position as bot... |
| 06.05.2015 | RockYou Buys Mobile Ad Network PlayHaven | Gaming and advertising company RockYou has acquired mobile ad network PlayHaven from startup studio Science Inc.
PlayHaven actually changed hands last fall, when Science bought it from Upsight, the company created from the merger of PlayHav... |
| 06.03.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/6/15
Retrieve Voicemail Online or By Phone | Nextdoor, YouMail, RockYou, Tempered Networks, Culture Amp, Vanhawks, Alation, Farfetch, WorldStores
Seed stage
Smartbike startup Vanhawks raised $1.6 million from Real Ventures, Simon Whitfield, Brenda Irwin and various angels.
Product vis... |
| 02.03.2015 | RockYou Raises $23M in Funding | RockYou, a San Francisco, CA-based interactive media company, raised $23m in funding.
The round was led by Columbia Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to grow and diversify its audience through partnerships with devel... |
| 02.03.2015 | RockYou raises $23M in funding based on its business of running older games | Click here for all of GameBeat’s 2015 Game Developers Conference coverage.
RockYou has raised $23 million in funding from Columbia Capital as part of its strategy of operating aging social games at a profit.
Above: Lisa Marino of RockYou
Im... |
| 02.03.2015 | Gaming advertising network RockYou raises $23 million | RockYou now has over one billion impressions a month, making it a top 10 video property
There's a strange desire on our part to always want something new, and to believe that just because something is no longer fresh it has no value. RockYo... |
| 02.03.2015 | RockYou raises $23M in funding based on its business of running older games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Click here for all of GameBeat’s 2015 Game Developers Conference coverage.
RockYou has raised $23 million in funding from Columbia Capi... |
| 01.08.2014 | RockYou Raises New Funding To The Tune Of $10 Million | Inventory is where it’s at for RockYou.
The company, which recently pivoted away from game publishing to focus on becoming a programmatic in-game video ad network, has raised $10 million in funding from FastPay, a sort of anti-VC that exten... |
| 31.07.2014 | Mobile-gaming ad network RockYou secures $10M in financing | A former social-gaming developer just got some cash to fund its new strategy of acquiring older games and serving up ads in them.
RockYou, a mobile-game publisher that is focusing on building an in-game ad network, revealed today that it ha... |
| 31.07.2014 | RockYou raises $10M to give old games a second life | RockYou purchases older, but still profitable, titles from gaming studios that no longer want them
Where do games go when they are no longer fresh and new? Or when a developer has gotten tired of Facebook and wants to go mobile? They go to ... |
| 31.07.2014 | RockYou Raises $10M In Debt As It Shifts To Buying And Monetizing Existing Games | RockYou, once known as a leading social games developer before hitting rough times and making multiple rounds of layoffs, has recently become focused on buying up existing web, social, and mobile games.
Today, the company is announcing that... |
| 04.02.2014 | If you think Facebook will take over mobile, you’re not thinking big enough | Lisa Marino is the CEO of the social gaming company RockYou.
Facebook’s recent move to enable Facebook ads in third party mobile apps has created a lot of excitement among mobile developers — but even more concern among mobile advertisers a... |
| 04.02.2014 | Flipagram Raising $50-$60M At A $300M Valuation From Sequoia | Buzzy mobile video app Flipagram is raising $50 to $60 million in funding at a $300 million valuation. We’re hearing from sources that Sequoia is in the round.
The WSJ reported recently that Flipagram, which creates short video sets from ph... |
| 04.02.2014 | If you think Facebook will take over mobile, you’re not thinking big enough | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Lisa Marino is the CEO of the social gaming company RockYou.
Facebook’s recent move to enable Facebook ads in third party mobile apps h... |
| 30.04.2013 | The big debate about the blurring of social casino games and online gambling | Last week’s Social Casino Summit in San Francisco highlighted what appears to be a very narrow and crazy part of the game market: social casino games. But this sector has more than 100 startups and big companies fighting with each other, an... |
| 30.04.2013 | The big debate about the blurring of social casino games and online gambling | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Last week’s Social Casino Summit in San Francisco highlighted what appears to be a very narrow and crazy part of the game market: socia... |
| 13.06.2012 | RockYou Acquires Social Games Developer Ryzing, Moves to San Francisco | Social games company RockYou just announced that it has acquired developer Ryzing.
The two companies had already worked together on the game Bingo by Ryzing — the game has been available since early 2011, but RockYou took over as publisher ... |
| 08.02.2012 | RockYou Cofounder Lance Tokuda Keeps It Old School With New Classmates Competitor SchoolFeed | Lance Tokuda was one of the masterminds behind viral apps on Facebook back at the end of last decade. He cofounded and led RockYou as its chief executive through the evolution of the Facebook platform, all the while inundating users with hu... |
| 27.12.2011 | Companies that will change the world of social gaming | Zynga may be on top but who stands a chance at pushing the now public company off its pedestal?
As Zynga continues to weather its first weeks of trading on the stock exchange (NASDAQ: ZNGA), investors are cautiously looking for what compani... |
| 02.12.2011 | Social gaming: Show me the money | As Zynga goes public, game developers discuss the strides they've made in creating revenue
WIth all the buzz around Zynga's possible $7 billion flower, a lot of other gaming groups are staying proactive about their revenue models.
Social an... |
| 02.11.2011 | Social Game Developer RockYou Succumbs To Layoffs To Achieve Profitability | RockYou, a social game developer, will be laying off a number of employees, we’ve confirmed with the company. The total number of employees being cut, explains CEO Lisa Marino, is 100, but there are two parts to the cuts. First, around fort... |
| 04.10.2011 | RockYou and Sony head off to the zoo in joint promotion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Social game publisher RockYou has teamed up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to jointly promote each other’s zoo-related entertain... |
| 27.09.2011 | With A Foothold In Emerging Markets, Peak Games Climbs Up The Rankings; Raises $11.5 Million | Peak Games, a social gaming company that designs titles that target emerging markets in Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America, is making some significant announcements today, including acquisitions, partnerships, funding,... |
| 26.08.2011 | They’re in! Meet the DEMO Fall 2011 Speakers | The fall DEMO conference is only weeks away, on September 12-14th in Santa Clara, Calif. and we’re excited to reveal our lineup. Aside from the 60-plus companies launching products, we’ve got some amazing speakers and “sages,” who will be p... |
| 21.06.2011 | Do Video Game Developers Ignore Women Gamers? | The stereotypical video game player: he is young (under 20) and male; he plays for hours on his console, all from his parents’ basement. But that stereotype is becoming increasingly difficult to justify as study after study has shown that g... |
| 27.04.2011 | RockYou signs second social game deal with Loot Drop | Social gaming company RockYou has signed a second game publishing deal with Loot Drop, the studio created by veteran game developers John Romero (right) and Brenda Brathwaite (left).
Loot Drop is an interesting studio that is testing the no... |
| 27.04.2011 | RockYou signs second social game deal with Loot Drop | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Social gaming company RockYou has signed a second game publishing deal with Loot Drop, the studio created by veteran game developers Jo... |
| 21.04.2011 | Formspring Names Ro Choy COO; Has Answered Three Billion Questions To Date | It’s been a big month in the Marino-Choy household. No sooner did Lisa Marino get promoted to CEO of the would-be comeback-kid RockYou, than did her husband Ro Choy get named COO of the surging Q&A site Formspring.
Choy’s roots go back ... |
| 19.04.2011 | VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The game industry has gotten a lot of love from venture capitalists lately. For many years, VCs invested a small amount of money into g... |
| 19.04.2011 | VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game startups | The game industry has gotten a lot of love from venture capitalists lately. For many years, VCs invested a small amount of money into games compared to other hot investments such as social media. But in the age of Facebook and mobile gaming... |
| 07.04.2011 | RockYou Promotes Lisa Marino to CEO….And She's Excited about It (TCTV) | Forgive the snarky headline, but history has shown that navigating a once-hot consumer Web company through the trough of the hype cycle is one of the hardest jobs in Silicon Valley. And very few come out with a billion winner on the other s... |
| 07.04.2011 | Social game firm RockYou looks inside for new CEO | RockYou didn’t have to go far to find its new chief executive. It has selected its chief operating officer Lisa Marino as the new boss of the social game company.
Marino has effectively been running the Redwood City, Calif.-based company si... |
| 03.03.2011 | Loot Drop banks on talented game designers as it takes on social gaming’s giants (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Getting the best talent together is a good strategy in any market. Loot Drop, a new social game developer, is banking on that idea as i... |
| 03.03.2011 | Loot Drop banks on talented game designers as it takes on social gaming’s giants (exclusive) | Getting the best talent together is a good strategy in any market. Loot Drop, a new social game developer, is banking on that idea as it takes on the likes of Zynga, Disney, and Electronic Arts in Facebook games.
The San Mateo, Calif.-based... |
| 20.01.2011 | RockYou signs deal with Doom creator John Romero’s social game studio Loot Drop | Aiming to lock up a high-quality game developer, RockYou has signed a deal with Loot Drop, a new social game studio created by id Software founders and gaming legends John Romero and Tom Hall.
Romero and Hall were the co-founders of id Soft... |
| 20.01.2011 | RockYou signs deal with Doom creator John Romero’s social game studio Loot Drop | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Aiming to lock up a high-quality game developer, RockYou has signed a deal with Loot Drop, a new social game studio created by id Softw... |
| 17.01.2011 | RockYou Acquires Playdemic | RockYou, a social entertainment company, acquired Playdemic, a Manchester, UK-social based game developer.
Following the transaction, whose amount remained undisclosed, Playdemic will continue to operate independently as a RockYou studio an... |
| 14.01.2011 | RockYou buys social gaming studio Playdemic | Manchester, England startup to retain creative control as studio under RockYou ownership
RockYou announced this week that it has acquired social game developer Playdemic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Playdemic will continue to oper... |
| 13.01.2011 | RockYou buys UK game developer Playdemic | Continuing its expansion in social games, RockYou said it is buying UK game developer Playdemic.
The deal is the second developer acquisition in a month and reflects RockYou’s new emphasis on developing games at a faster pace in 2011, said ... |
| 03.12.2010 | RockYou acquires TirNua for next-generation 3D social games (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
RockYou is announcing today that it has acquired ... |
| 03.12.2010 | RockYou acquires TirNua for next-generation 3D social games (exclusive) | RockYou is announcing today that it has acquired TirNua, a maker of a next-generation 3D game engine for Facebook games.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lisa Marino, chief operating officer at RockYou, said in an interview that the mo... |
| 23.11.2010 | RockYou CEO Lance Tokuda Steps Down | RockYou founder and CEO Lance Tokuda is no longer leading the company, we’ve confirmed. Tokuda helped found RockYou back in 2005, and led it through several funding rounds totalling nearly $130 million. The change comes at a critical time i... |
| 03.11.2010 | BringIt raises $1.5M, helps RockYou generate revenue by putting a game inside a game | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you want to increase your revenue for a social... |
| 03.11.2010 | BringIt raised $1.5M for game monetization | Making games more addictive and more profitable, with in-game tournaments
There are a lot of social games out there. So, how do you make your game stand out from the crowd? Easy, you just make it more addictive than the other games out ther... |
| 03.11.2010 | BringIt raises $1.5M, helps RockYou generate revenue by putting a game inside a game | If you want to increase your revenue for a social game, you can put a game inside an existing game. That’s what BringIt, a tournament gaming startup, did for social game firm RockYou.
BringIt inserted its platform for tournament-style mini-... |
| 15.10.2010 | RockYou Rocked By Layoffs As It Switches Focus To Social Games | RockYou, a social network app developer that also has an advertising branch, has had substantial layoffs this week, we’ve just confirmed. The company says that it has “restructured the organization” in the last couple of days, and that goin... |
| 30.07.2010 | Playdom commits to using Facebook Credits exclusively for five years | Playdom, the largest social gaming company on MySpace and the third-largest on Facebook, has signed a five-year contract to exclusively use Facebook’s Credits as in-game currency across all of its titles, reports Inside Social Games.
The ne... |
| 30.07.2010 | Playdom commits to using Facebook Credits exclusively for five years | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Playdom, the largest social gaming company on MyS... |
| 22.07.2010 | RockYou signs five-year deal to support Facebook Credits (exclusive) | Social game company RockYou and Facebook have signed a five-year agreement in which RockYou will exclusively support the social network’s virtual currency.
That means that when you purchase a virtual good in a RockYou game, such as food in ... |
| 22.07.2010 | RockYou signs five-year deal to support Facebook Credits (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Social game company RockYou and Facebook have signed a five-year agreement in which RockYou will exclusively support the social network... |
