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Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)
April 26, 2013 10:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game.
Kabam’s new $50M fund helps Japanese mobile games head West
April 8, 2013 8:52 AM
Jeffrey Grubb
Kabam will take a piece of revenue in exchange for localizing, marketing, and distributing Japanese games in U.S. and Europe.
Widening its net, Kabam launches third-party publishing business
March 13, 2013 11:24 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam follows the example of other fast-growing digital firms, by publishing games made by other developers.
Kabam’s 2012 revenues grow 70 percent — beyond $180M
January 28, 2013 11:06 AM
Dean Takahashi
Expanding to mobile in 2012 proves to be a fantastic strategy for the privately held game developer.
Kabam acquires Vancouver studio Exploding Barrel Games
January 15, 2013 5:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Exploding Barrel Games worked on Margaritaville and is making free-to-play mobile and social games now.
Kabam scores big with highest-grossing game on App Store for 2012
December 20, 2012 4:31 PM
Dean Takahashi
The company now has more than 580 employees.
Hobbit game publisher Kabam raises funds from Warner Bros. and MGM
December 11, 2012 5:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam is continuing its success with a second game based on the fantasy trilogy.
The pace of disruption in the transition from physical to digital gaming (part two)
October 13, 2012 8:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
In part two of our discussion on the transition to digital gaming, our Login panelists ponder how quickly the changes to all-digital will come.
The DeanBeat: The pace of disruption from physical to digital gaming
October 12, 2012 8:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Technology matters, but so does chronology. Disruption is happening in games, but at what pace?
Kabam to make social and mobile games based on The Hobbit film
September 25, 2012 6:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam was virtually unknown a few years ago, but now it's making games that tie into Peter Jackson's upcoming film trilogy The Hobbit -- expected to be one of the most important movie properties of all time.
After big hit on iPhone, only 30 percent of Kabam’s revenue comes from Facebook (interview)
August 27, 2012 10:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kevin Chou, head of Kabam, talks about how his firm will grow its social gaming business by 50 percent to $150M
Forget Facebook. Kabam is launching its next big game on iOS and Android
August 23, 2012 6:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam is moving across platforms to iOS and Android for its new title, Arcane Empires.
Kabam looks beyond Facebook for its growth in hardcore social games (exclusive)
February 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam made its mark in social games on Facebook, but the company is rapidly diversifying away from the social network as it pursues fans of hardcore social games.
Kevin Chou, chief executive of the Redwood City, Calif.-based company, said in …
Hardcore social game firm Kabam moves its headquarters to San Francisco
February 3, 2012 7:26 AM
Dean Takahashi
Social gaming firm Kabam said today it has signed a multi-year lease on a “spectacular” new office in downtown San Francisco. The move shows that the city is ground zero for the social game industry.
Kabam‘s 450 employees will now …
Kabam acquires game studio Fearless Studios led by ex-Star Wars game developers
January 27, 2012 12:01 AM
Dean Takahashi
Kabam, a maker of hardcore social games, has acquired independent game studio Fearless Studios for an undisclosed price.
The deal gives Kabam more development firepower and it is generally part of a wave of acquisitions happening in the game industry …
Zynga’s rivals welcome the social gaming IPO
December 16, 2011 4:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
With the IPOs of Zynga and Nexon this week, the social and online game industries have their first billion-dollar public offerings. May many more follow.
That’s the spirit among social gaming rivals, including those that have been fierce competitors to …
Brands finally succeed in social games on Facebook
September 23, 2011 7:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Facebook gamers are finally embracing well-known brands in their social games. That’s one of the conclusions from a panel on social games at the f8 conference for Facebook developers yesterday.
Sean Ryan (pictured left), director of game partnerships, pointed out …
Kabam launches Edgeworld real-time combat game on Facebook and Google+
August 11, 2011 3:00 PM
Dean Takahashi
Slowly but surely, Kabam is turning social networks into platforms for hardcore games. The high-flying company has now launched its fifth major game on Facebook and the just-launched Google+ games platform: Edgeworld.
This real-time sci-fi game is a step up …
Kixeye accuses Kabam of copying its Backyard Monsters game
July 27, 2011 1:52 PM
Dean Takahashi
Facebook game makers frequently each other of copy-catting games. The latest accusation comes from Kixeye, which says that heavily-funded Kabam has blatantly copied Kixeye’s big hit Backyard Monsters.
Kixeye, which is growing fast thanks to the popularity of its Battle …
