Dear indie mobile game developer Dear indie mobile game developer, I interact with you on a regular basis, as a mentor in the Gamefounders incubator… August 26, 2013
GungHo's stock price rollercoaster and hit-driven valuations On July 29th, Japanese game developer GungHo Online Entertainment issued its financial report for the half year ended June 30th.… August 12, 2013
Can Zynga bounce back? Zynga’s Q2 earnings filing was abysmal: the company reported that its bookings – a non-GAAP accounting convention that recognizes revenue… July 29, 2013
The logic and sorcery behind mobile game company valuations Two fairly significant events took place recently that have shed light on the byzantine process of valuing a gaming company.… July 17, 2013
Alternative financing schemes for mobile gaming companies The recent debate around the appropriateness of venture capital financing for gaming companies has obliquely referred to alternative financing schemes… July 1, 2013
What’s the consensus on VC financing for gaming? Techcrunch recently questioned the appropriateness of venture capital investment in gaming companies; it suggested that alternative financing models – such… June 24, 2013
How much money is Candy Crush Saga making? Edit: Please note that the original publication date of this article is June 17, 2013 Last week, King, the developer… June 17, 2013
GungHo, the $15 billion dollar gaming behemoth Tokyo-based mobile game developer GungHo Entertainment has dominated mobile gaming press lately with its enormous and ever-increasing revenue announcements: in… May 13, 2013
King vs. Kabam on the road to IPO Note: This post was original published in May 2013. King has subsequently gone public. The performance of Zynga's stock in… May 6, 2013
The economics of mobile game publishing (The model referenced throughout this post can be downloaded here) Supercell’s recent $100mm secondary financing round raises some interesting questions… April 15, 2013
