Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)

With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game.

The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012

The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.

How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview)

The co-founder of Playdom is funding game companies; he thinks Zynga's chief executive ought to give up his supervoting rights.

The DeanBeat: At Casual Connect, massive confusion and angst about digital publishing 2.0

The definition of a game publisher has become confusing, and the ultimate answer this is important for developers.

Gree acquires mobile game maker Funzio for $210M

Japanese mobile social network Gree has acquired Funzio, a fast-growing maker of hardcore mobile and social games, for $210 million.

Funzio has the rare distinction of having three games that have all garnered big audiences. Over the weekend, as we …

Funzio looking to raise $50M at $350M valuation for mobile games

Don’t say mobile games aren’t gritty. Funzio, the mobile gaming company behind popular iOS games Crime City and Modern War, is looking to raise a fat $50 million funding round at $350 million pre-money valuation, but anonymous sources familiar with …

Funzio spreads out with games for Google+, Chrome Web Store, and Android

Funzio has had a couple of big hits on Facebook and the iPhone with Crime City and Modern War. But now it is spreading out by launching its new game Kingdom Age as an exclusive on Google+ and taking Crime …

Former EA leader Jamil Moledina switches focus to cross-platform social games

Jamil Moledina envisions a future in which all games are cross-platform. And to help make that future a reality he left a job at video game giant Electronic Arts to take on the role of vice president of business development …

How Funzio’s Crime City shot to the top of the App Store

When a game shoots to the top of the Top Grossing list in Apple’s App Store, that’s probably a sign that it’s a good game. But it also shows that the company did something right in getting the game discovered.…