Sentences with phrase «many gaming companies»

In 2012, venture capitalists poured $ 853 million into gaming companies.

Gaming companies, in particular, have discovered that they can use Kickstarter, in conjunction with their other social media tools, to generate sales of a game before they even develop it.

Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

Compared to a gaming company such as Kixeye, Tista Games is fairly scrappy — but its appraoch to gaming is unique.

«There was plenty of speculation Zynga was getting referrals within the Facebook community that other gaming companies weren't getting, which helped drive Web traffic to Zynga games.»

The gaming company said on Wednesday that it would move to a single class structure, reducing the voting power of chairman and co-founder Mark Pincus.

For the past few months, Google Maps has quietly been offering special features designed to aid ride - sharing, delivery and gaming companies among others.

The gaming company, which makes titles such as «Farmville,» said on Wednesday that it was moving from a multi-class structure to a single class, reducing Pincus» control to about 10 percent, down from about 70 percent.

But when Vostu, a social gaming company that he started in college, became highly successful in Latin America, his eyes lit up.

Matt Mihaly, 44, CEO of an independent gaming company who runs the website Burn.Life, recommends people bring at least 1.5 gallons of water per day to be safe.

Gaming company Veltyco saw its stock price leap higher on Thursday after telling investors it has «commenced discussions with blockchain and cryptocurrency providers» about potential partnerships.

Kushner also founded the largest social gaming company in Brazil (Vostu) runs his own real estate investment company and co-founded disruptive health insurance company Oscar.

Blizzard Entertainment, one half of giant gaming company Activision Blizzard, is creating an ambitious new eSports league for its «Overwatch» shooter game, The Verge reports.

I remember interviewing Randy Komisar, the venture capitalist, about his experiences as the CEO of a couple of gaming companies, including Lucasarts.

Prior to that, she was head of business development for gaming company Xfire and was co-founder of Geodelic Systems, which has since shut down.

Piracy and the rise of the freemium model have made it hard for gaming companies to monetize, and knowing how much a player has to spend — anonymized, of course — allows them to allocate marketing dollars cost - effectively.

Melco Group owns several other gaming companies in addition to Melco Crown, through which it builds and operates gambling resorts across Asia and beyond.

Stars Group said the «pivotal» deal will make it a bigger player in the fast - growing business of online sports betting and become the world's largest online gaming company.

Fantasy - sports gaming company FanDuel recently introduced the Bitcoin Bowl, a fantasy football contest that lasts the duration of the NFL playoffs and gives entrants in participating states an opportunity to win prizes in bitcoin.

This solution worked really well for gaming company IGT, which donated and decorated clothing for infants of low - income families and did it all at the company's offices.

The online gaming company's filing can offer an opportunity for other owners to consider how best to grow a new business.

It staffs all the big name gaming companies from Electronic Arts to Microsoft to anyone doing anything with mobile.

Microsoft's «10 Tips for Dealing With Game Cyberbullies and Griefers» states: «Although they are only a small percentage of the video - gaming community, griefers have some gaming companies concerned about losing subscribers.

For mobile gaming companies, shifts are even more difficult.

Giant is one of China's biggest gaming companies, with nearly 50 million monthly active users and several top - grossing mobile titles.

The gaming company Zynga split its analytics team into two to become more proactive about analytics; while one team does the conventional reporting, the other «tests hypotheses and creates models using statistical and analytical methods.»

The Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio has announced the price range for its long - awaited initial public offering (IPO) later this month.

The gaming company said this week that hackers had released stolen data about its users, including emails, private messages, and phone numbers after it refused to pay $ 100,000.

Shares of gaming company Zynga zigzagged in extended hours trading Tuesday, landing up slightly after it announced a C - suite departure as monthly users declined.

Online betting and gaming company Ladbrokes recently looked at the diets and exercise regimes of famous athletes to see how their routines compare with everyday people.

In going global, Damir Slogar, CEO of London, Ont. - based mobile gaming company Big Blue Bubble (No. 112), has used social media attention to court avid followings in multiple emerging markets around the world, including Russia and Brazil.

One of this year's biggest crazes, Pokémon Go boosted founder John Hanke's gaming company to a valuation of $ 3.65 billion.

Shares in social gaming company Zynga continue to sink Thursday after the company announced late Wednesday that cofounder Mark Pincus is rejoining the company as CEO.

With more than half of that amount coming from Zynga, Facebook will feel the gaming company's pain.

The new CEO no doubt has a mandate to turn around the struggling gaming company.

So a lot of the big Hollywood companies were looking for new types of gaming companies to do deals with.

The social gaming company based in San Francisco, known for its popular games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, will file for its IPO with the SEC as early as this week, or next week at the latest.

For example, as one commenter who apparently is CEO of a mobile gaming company, put it:

Pincus» stake in the online gaming company will still have the same economic value, but he will now only control about 10 % of the vote.

Gaming company OUYA is on the auction block after tripping a debt covenant, according to a confidential email sent out earlier this month from CEO Julie Uhrman to company investors and advisors.

Co-founder Mark Pincus will remain chairman of the gaming company and serve as chief product officer.

In a stroke of good timing, gaming company Zynga announced on Saturday that it is now testing out Bitcoin as a payment option for virtual - good purchases in its «Ville» games — FarmVille and FarmVille 2, CityVille, CastleVille and others.

That's up 8 % over last year, thanks in part to an expanded IEM Expo featuring 43 booths from gaming companies and other partners interested in the gamer audience.

In late July, I met up with Chris DeWolfe, co-founder of MySpace and the current CEO of SGN, a social gaming company.

Nintendo's got a big fan club, so when the venerable gaming company releases a new machine, you'd think people would be paying attention.

By activating physical objects into a digital space, gaming companies have the opportunity to reinvigorate the collectible toy market.

The decision comes as the once - popular gaming company delivered a brutal second quarter earnings report.

Kevin Chou created Kabam, the most exciting mobile gaming company you've never heard of.

www.trevitherapeutics.com Octro, an Indian mobile multiplayer gaming company, has raised $ 15 million in Series A funding fromSequoia Capital.

• Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) agreed to acquire the mobile card game studio of Peak Games, a leading global mobile gaming company, for $ 100 million in cash.