10 Android apps that already use Google Play game services

We found a bunch of games that already have multiplayer, leaderboards, achievements, and more thanks to Google Play.

Mobile game Airport Scanner helping TSA officers screen luggage more accurately

Publisher Pocket Gems is bringing the iOS game to Android this June.

Pocket Gems evolves from a successful developer into a mobile game publisher

Pocket Gems first two published titles have found success. The company plans to expand on that.

Pocket Gems clears 100M game downloads and 150 employees (exclusive)

The "mobile first" game company is starting to generate impressive revenues and profits on mobile platforms.

It’s dangerous for developers to go alone. Scopely offers help

Developer Scopely shifts into a publisher with its new LevelUp program for independent studios.

Pocket Gems provides publishing expertise to game developers

Pocket Gems will provide tools and processes to help developers bring their games to mobile.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Wii U, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Xbox Live turns 10

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.

Nix Hydra Games debuts Hot Guy Alarm Clock app for young women (exclusive)

Nix Hydra Games has raised $345,000 to make apps for females like the Hot Guy Alarm Clock.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: More Zynga executives leave, CEO Perlman leaves OnLive, and Bethesda announces new Skyrim DLC

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.

Chartboost’s Kiosk program creates new revenue opportunities for mobile game developers

Chartboost's Kiosk program creates new revenue opportunities for mobile game developers.

Pocket Gems launches Tap Campus Life mobile sorority game

Targeting girls and young women, Pocket Gems is launching its Campus Life game on iOS.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Pocket Gems launches All Talk voice-based mobile game

With hundreds of thousands of mobile games available on smartphones, innovating isn’t that easy. But Pocket Gems hopes to stand out from the crowd with a unique voice-based game that it is unveiling today.

The new game, All Talk, is …

Pocket Gems releases its first exclusive Android game

Pocket Gems, one of the top developers of games for the Apple iTunes App Store, is releasing its first game developed from the ground-up exclusively for Android.

Tap Dragon Park debuts today in the Google Play store. In the game, …

Pocket Gems grows fast with its “mobile first” game business

Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded by Stanford University students in 2009 and it has never stopped running.

All 13 of the …

PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform

PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization features that will help developers make even more money.

PlayHaven’s new monetization features use analytics and …

Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games

Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed.

As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was all about the wide-open battle for control of the emerging mobile gaming market. …

Storm8 comes on strong with three new Android games (exclusive)

Storm8 has launched three strong games on Android mobile devices in recent weeks, bringing to 13 the number of titles the mobile game company has on Google’s mobile operating system. The titles are simple simulation and role-playing games — City …