The stock market will respond to how King’s performance compares to the "indications" they gave during their IPO roadshow. That means that there are some ways we can look at the these numbers and understand what is...

The valuation of King has me terrified. If King tanks after its stock market debut this week (and I think it will), that will be bad news for the games industry for the next three years. Zynga’s...

Yesterday, the games industry, and indeed the wider world, was all agog at the news that King was preparing for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Here are the stats that I gleaned from the...

I was interviewed on the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Today, this morning about the King IPO. There’s a lot to get into the 3 minute segment. I did my best. You can hear it on the...

This great infographic puts the numbers on Zynga and Rovio side by side. With Rovio planning an IPO next year, it is doomed to the same crisis as Zynga? Can Zynga even hope to emulate Rovio's success...

Together with law firm Osborne Clarke, I host a lunch 3 or 4 times a year where a bunch of games companies and financial investors get together to chat about the games business and the difficulties of...

Zynga's shares have fallen by 11.4% in the fast few minutes since Facebook started trading in the US. I'm kicking myself for not seeing this coming.