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...
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California investor claims, ‘augmented reality will enhance mobile social games’
Osuke Honda, a partner with Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm DCM , just invested $12 million in a Japanese augmented reality company Tonchidot . The company develops software that smartphones like an...
Zynga expands to new global headquarters in San Francisco: More jobs incoming?
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that social gaming colossus Zynga has signed a 7-year lease on a new location for their imperial stronghold global headquarters. Located at 8th and Townsend Streets...
Zynga Germany rises from acquisition of German game company Dextrose
In the next phase of the Zynga Dominion Initiative (kidding, sort of), the social gaming titan behind FarmVille has acquired Dextrose , a Mainz-based German gaming technology company that developed the Aves engine,...
DmC: Devil May Cry for PS3 Revealed in New Trailer
Sweet, sweet Tokyo: the succulent ramen, the unparalleled electronics district, the red-hot video game rebirths . If you’ve been following our Twitter , you know about Capcom’s biggest Tokyo Game Show announcement.
Cafe World welcomes you to the Far East with the Zen Garden set
Filed under: Cafe World A massive new set of items is available to spruce up your fine establishment in Cafe World : the Zen Garden set. Zynga added a slew of decorations like...
Pet Society gets down right fierce with new Fighter Arcade Game
Filed under: Pet Society Pet Society creator Playfish has just released a brand new toy for your pets that we're sure many of you coin-op junkies would appreciate. The new Fighter Arcade Game...
OMGpop feeds the sweet tooth with Cupcake Corner, its first Facebook game
Notable casual game developer OMGpop has just launched its first Facebook game, Cupcake Corner . While the company has created several games with Facebook functionality using Facebook Connect, this is OMGpop's first full...
CrowdStar’s entire catalog set to hit Japan
Remember when almost every video game sold in the United States was an import from some Japanese company? These days, games played in Japan are just as likely to be imports from some...
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...
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.
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...
