So I’m the lucky person that won the Gamescom competition. I wrote a review of God Of War 3 which somehow won a trip for me and a friend to Gamescom 2010 in...
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NPD: 20% of Americans play games on social networks
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Mafia Wars Mumbai Challenge Mission opens for business
Filed under: Mafia Wars Mafia Wars Mumbai Challenge Mission Chapter 1: Hooray for Hollywood is officially open for business. So far Mumbai seems to be a pretty standard Challenge Mission, much like London...
Zynga Texas Poker: Zynga doubles down in China with new poker game
Filed under: Zynga Poker Zynga launched a localized version of its popular Zynga Poker in Hong Kong and Taiwan this week. This new version of the game, called Zynga Texas Poker, is available...
Brand New Dead Nation Trailer
Here’s the latest sneak peek at Dead Nation , and in my opinion, it’s the best footage of the game we’ve shown yet. If you happen to be visiting Gamescom this week you...
City Story brings Facebook-style city builder to iPhone
Filed under: Social City TeamLava, the minds behind the FarmVille-style iPhone game Farm Story , is now taking the action to the city, with the release of a new Facebook style town-building game...
Social games help drive growth for China’s Tencent network
The largest social network in the world's largest country just keep getting, um, larger. And social games are a big part of that ever-increasing largeness, according to the latest financial results from China's...
Social game maker OMGPOP signs on with myYearbook
Just because social game maker OMGPOP isn't ready to sell out doesn't mean it isn't ready to expand via partnerships with other companies. Indeed, OMGPOP has announced a deal with myYearbook to integrate...
Report: Social game advertising to hit $220 million this year
Social game makers may be focusing more on virtual good sales than advertising offers these days, but that doesn't mean selling ads to players is an irrelevant part of social gaming's revenue base....
Quote of the Moment: Social gaming ‘tailor-made’ for Disney
"It became pretty clear to us that game-playing on social networks is real, here to stay.
Square Enix brings freemium RPG to Japanese social network
RPG-maker Square Enix's "exploration" of the social game space seems to be continuing apace -- in Japan, at least. SiliconEra reports that the company has released classical RPG Knights of the Crystal on...
Baking Feature Battle: Cafe World’s Design-A-Cake versus Baking Life’s Cupcake Creator
Filed under: Cafe World Fans of ZipZapPlay's Baking Life would recognize Cafe World 's newest feature, Design-A-Cake . But while Baking Life offers players a mix-and-match option for making and selling their own...
Is FarmVille changing everything? Games biz bigwigs speak out
To say the game industry is undergoing a transformation would be an understatement. The entire playing-games-on-one-system paradigm is rapidly shifting, as more people play games on multiple devices -- consoles, PCs, and increasingly...
Rixty offers free Facebook Credits for Coinstar users
It looks like PayNearMe isn't the only credit-card-free virtual currency service giving away bonus Facebook Credits to attract new customers.
Google snaps up virtual currency platform Social Gold for $75 million [Rumor]
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Google is still staying mum on the rumors that it's planning to launch a game-driven social network called 'Google Me' in the near future. However, it's undeniable that the search giant is making...
FrontierVille Goal Guide: A list of every darn-tootin’ goal in the game
In any normal circumstance, being told what to do doesn't isn't that much fun. In FrontierVille , the opposite's the case. This pioneering game does what other Facebook games don't -- directs your...
Golden Nugget Vegas Casino: A Vegas classic launches Facebook game
You can't play 'real' poker on the Internet (yet), but starting today you can play in a game backed by a real Las Vegas casino. The classic casino Golden Nugget, which has a...
PlayStation Plus Mafia II Demo – 24 Hour Exclusive
Okays, listen up ya clowns, we gotta talk a little business over here. We got an offer all yous wiseguys with your fancy PlayStation Plus subscriptions can’t refuse
Amazon an unlikely winner in social gaming’s growth
When you think of the companies that have benefited the most from the explosive growth of social games, a few names probably spring to mind.
Treasure Isle teases Ape of the Ages map
Filed under: Treasure Isle Treasure Isle is up to more monkey business -- teasing a new map called Ape of the Ages, which sounds like it will require several of those green and...
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update (4th August 2010)
Another week comes rolling in and another PlayStation Store update comes in to land with a cargo hold full of goodies. Our new Plus content (detailed yesterday by James ) will be delivered...
Happy Pets Special Offers: Fantasia and Pink Clydesdale Unicorns
Filed under: Happy Pets Unicorns are serious business in Happy Pets . So far, all the Unicorns and special Horses in the game outsell and outprice even the new pet Dinosaurs
Square Enix engaged in "exploration" of social games business
Japanese mega-publisher Square Enix is best known for sprawling, story-filled single-player RPGs like those in the Final Fantasy series. So it's a bit surprising that the company is reportedly looking into the relatively...
Why 400,000 players weren’t enough to save Street Racing
Filed under: Farmville With social game mega-publisher Zynga recently deciding that hundreds of thousands of players apparently aren't enough to sustain games like Roller Coaster Kingdom, Ponzi Inc. and Street Racing , we've...