Hopefully all of you are already aware of the unfortunate information the Wall Street Journal discovered on just what Facebook apps are doing with your "general" information .
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Facebook gaming and privacy: What a long, strange trip it’s been
Hopefully all of you are already aware of the unfortunate information the Wall Street Journal discovered on just what Facebook apps are doing with your "general" information . But if you're still under...
Zoo World developer RockYou suffers massive layoff
Filed under: Zoo World RockYou , one of the top 10 Facebook application developers, has laid off a huge portion of their staff today, according to TechCrunch . RockYou is most known in...
ESPNU College Town’s Jay Arrera looks reveals how TV might help social games grow [Interview]
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Filed under: ESPNU College Town ESPNU College Town , released just over 30 days ago, has already amassed over 2 million monthly users and released two major content updates introducing Facebook Credits, baseball,...
Diner Dash on Facebook: Oh yes, it’s coming
Filed under: Other Games If you're not familiar with the Diner Dash game series starring the uber-waitress Flo -- well, you're probably missing out on one of the most fun and addicting games...
Waste Management and Greenopolis train players to recycle through Facebook game
Filed under: Other Games Recycling technology company Greenopolis --you know, the recycling kiosks at your local Wholefoods?--launched a Facebook game today to bolster its efforts on the green front and capture to social...
CrowdStar’s rapid growth leads to mobile Facebook games aplenty
In a recent press release , it was announced that CrowdStar's recent explosive growth has led the studio to release two of its games, Happy Aquarium and Happy Island , on the Yahoo!...
Happy Aquarium creator CrowdStar plans to take its games mobile
In a recent press release , it was announced that CrowdStar's recent explosive growth has led the studio to release two of its games, Happy Aquarium and Happy Island , on Yahoo! Japan...
Wheel of Fortune for Facebook could lead to even more GSN social games
Filed under: Other Games Wheel of Fortune , the crazy popular game show hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, was digitized (and socialized) as a Facebook game in September. It was revealed...
What will Zynga’s new SVP of mobile mean for its future mobile games?
FarmVille creator Zynga announced today that it hired David Ko, formerly senior vice president of Yahoo!'s Audience, Mobile and Local divisions (all at different points in his time there), to lead Zynga's mobile...
For ‘Zynga to become the Google of games,’ it will take more than good timing
Earlier this summer, The New York Times spoke with Zynga CEO Mark Pincus about his rise to social gaming domination and came to the conclusion that the Facebook gaming mogul, who is expected...
15 Years Of PlayStation Memories
The global PlayStation family is celebrating a very special birthday this September. On 29 September, 1995, the original PlayStation console launched across Europe with games likes Ridge Racer and WipEout. That’s 15 years...
Facebook ‘Discovery Stories’ makes gaming better for players, but what about developers?
After the news of the Facebook changes broke on September 21 , we have some questions as to what the changes could mean for social gamers, but more importantly, developers.
Pet Society Update: "Like" button on items is now live thanks to Playfish
Filed under: Pet Society Playfish has added the option for users to "Like" individual items in Pet Society . When players see a new item that they want to share the news of...
Zynga and other top Facebook games see shrinking dedicated user base
Filed under: Farmville Today's top Facebook games, including Zynga 's beloved FarmVille franchise, are suffering a shrinking monthly user base, according to Gamasutra .
Applifier opens up to all social app developers, free traffic for all!
The lovech ild of Nabeel Hyatt of Conduit Labs and Everplay 's Jussi Laakkonen, Applifier has finally opened itself up for any social app developer to sign up for the service. Just four months...
Quote of the Moment: End of the Golden Era
Filed under: Bejeweled Blitz "There's going to be a lot of . The truth is that there's that in every industry
Tall Tree Games Candy Shop leaves our sweet tooth wanting more
Tall Tree Games , developers of popular games Garden World and Fish World , have just released a brand new game titled Candy Shop . While this game aims for the over-the-top cuteness...
FarmVille: The New York Times can suck it — a green thumb, that is
Filed under: Farmville Last week, we reported on a crotchety New York Times editorial that expressed shock and dismay over the growth of the social games industry, took its turn bashing FarmVille ,...
Social Gaming News Digest for the week ending Aug. 13, 2010
Things happen so fast in the social gaming space these days, it can be hard to keep up.
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...
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....
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.