OpenFeint social network founder’s new game brings League of Legends formula to tablets

Jason Citron's game studio Hammer & Chisel shows off its multiplayer online battle arena game Fates Forever.

OpenKit to release open-source social mobile gaming services with no lock-in for developers

Gree shut down OpenFeint. So OpenKit will replace it and allow developers to own the data associated with their games.

YouWeb incubator founder launches Q&A forum for tech entrepreneurs

Peter Relan can't clone himself. But he can share his hard-earned advice for technology entrepreneurs, and he will do so at the new web site FounderQuorom.

Jason Citron’s Phoenix Guild prepares for the post-PC world of gaming

Jason Citron's latest venture, Phoenix Guild, lands funding, plans to build hardcore social games for tablets in the "post-PC world."

OpenFeint founder Jason Citron unveils new post-PC social game company

Jason Citron scored big when he sold OpenFeint to Japan’s Gree for $104 million. Now the entrepreneur is back again with a new company called Phoenix Guild.

For now, it’s a one-man shop. Citron plans to make social games for …

OpenFeint replaces founder with new CEO

OpenFeint‘s co-founder Jason Citron has left the company and is pursuing new opportunities. He will be replaced by Naoki Aoyagi (pictured right).

OpenFeint is one of the early successes in mobile games, proving a platform for making mobile games more …

OpenFeint’s single sign-on for social games to replace Apple’s UDID (exclusive)

Apple caused panic among app developers last week when it announced that it would phase out an identification system for users on its mobile devices such as the iPhone. Mobile gaming company OpenFeint says it will help solve the problem …

OpenFeint recruits game developer to lead free-to-play focus

OpenFeint has hired a game development leader to help its customers focus on making free-to-play mobile games.

The move reflects the growing importance of free-to-play, the business model where users play for free and can purchase virtual goods with real …

And our latest and greatest speakers at GamesBeat 2011

Today we’re revealing the fifth set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include Neil Young, founder and CEO of Ngmoco; Andrej Naborgoj, CEO of Outfit 7, the maker of Talking Friends; and …