Filed under: Other Games , CityVille And here we were, calling out to the heavens, "Who will stand up to the mighty CityVille ?" Unsurprisingly, Angry Birds creator Rovio mentioned at the Mobile...
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AT&T social gaming platform coming to Android phones
Filed under: Other Games Ever since Apple opened up its iPhone to Verizon customers, AT&T has been pouting over its loss of exclusivity through scathing ad campaigns. The carrier hopes to restore some...
Zynga launches Words with Friends on Android; ad-free version still MIA
Filed under: Other Games Earlier this month, we brought you the news that Zynga / NewToy would be bringing Words with Friends, the popular iOS Scrabble-inspired word game, to Android devices soon. Well,...
FarmVille fashion : Vegetable hats from Japan
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille officially arrived in Japan in December 2010, and their version of the game is slightly different than the game we know and love. Instead of FarmVille, the Japanese version...
Test out social games discovery service TeePee Games to win an iPad
Filed under: Other Games Well, at least you'll have a chance at an Apple iPad. TeePee Games , the upcoming London, UK-based games discovery service is offering every beta applicant an entry to...
8-year-old girl spends $1400 in Smurfs Village game for iPad
Filed under: Other Games One of the sneakier elements of iPad and mobile games (actually, all social games) is that while they're free to download and play there are many in-game purchases that...
Are mobile social games and Foursquare meant to be?
Filed under: Other Games We hate to sound like a broken record , but social games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars are becoming increasingly prevalent on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Developers...
Are mobile social games in trouble as OnLive comes to HTC phones?
Filed under: Other Games And you thought the retailers were scared? The server-based games service OnLive just sealed a $40 million funding deal with smartphone manufacturer HTC, VentureBeat reports . The OnLive subscription...
PSP Phone: avvistato al Super Bowl
Si è tenuto ieri, 6 Febbraio 2011, il Super Bowl l’avvenimento sportivo americano più amato dal pubblico statunitense. La finale della prima lega di Football americano che ogni anno registra audience e spettatori...
PSP Phone, a breve l’annuncio
Oggi non parliamo di PSP 2, nome in codice NGP, bensì di un nuovo dispositivo che ha fatto a lungo parlare di se e che sicuramente, continuerà ad essere al centro dell’attenzione, il...
Zynga Beijing manager says social games are a craft, not an art
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games , CityVille Social games are not an art, according to Zynga Beijing general manager Andy Tian. And there it is straight from the omnipotent horse's mouth, folks....
Words with Friends headed to an Android device near you (Thanks, Zynga!)
Filed under: Other Games When FarmVille-maker Zynga bought NewToy , the creator of the Scrabble-like game Words with Friends last year -- it seemed like quite a coup. Not only had one of...
DeNa beats Zynga and EA, mobile social games get serious
Filed under: Other Games While in late 2010 it was just speculation , Japanese social game publisher DeNa has officially ousted both Zynga and EA in annual revenue. The company expects an earning...
Dynasty Warriors social game to get feudal for free in Japan
Filed under: Other Games Soon, social gamers will once again be called to slay limitless hordes of Chinese soldiers in Dynasty Warriors, but this time it will be for free . Oh, and...
Nintendo president says, ‘social elements are nothing new at all’
Filed under: Other Games In a recent call with investors, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata assured them that "Nintendo has been developing social entertainment in the field of video games for a long time,"...
Facebook wants social game developers to ditch Flash, go HTML5
Filed under: Other Games Here's your proverbial nail in coffin for the Flash versus HTML5 debate. All Things Digital reports that Facebook plans to spread the good news of HTML5 to all of...
Introducing NGP – The Next Generation of Portable Gaming
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Andy House and I am President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. I’ve not participated on the blog before, but with the announcements...
Live From Japan: PlayStation Meeting 2011
As we speak, the heads of Sony Computer Entertainment are gathered in Tokyo, along with selected members of the gaming press, for an invitation-only PlayStation meeting. While I man the ship from here...
FarmVille maker Zynga opens New York studio, East Coast: Acquired
Filed under: Other Games If Zynga were a sentient robot bent on global domination, the news of the company's ninth acquisition in just eight months would probably sound more like, "East Coast of...
Facebook games parody spreads with Cow Clicker Blitz
Filed under: Other Games Famed game scholar and designer (and satirist) Ian Bogost has taken the next logical step with the Cow Clicker franchise and released the Cow Clicker API. According to Bogost,...
SHIFT Extended: Turn Your Brain Upside Down!
I’m Olivier Vermeille , Marketing & PR Manager at Zallag (an independent publisher from France) and I’m thrilled to be able to talk directly with the PlayStation Community once again through this blog!...
Facebook temporarily stops games from accessing phone numbers and addresses
Filed under: Other Games Well, it looks like you're safe... for now. All Facebook reports that due to (expectantly) unsavory feedback over the weekend as a result of the recent privacy changes to...
Facebook offers game developers your home address and phone number
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , FrontierVille , Other Games , CityVille No, this isn't a scam - yes, this is something that might seem relatively bizzarre and completely...
Calling all Dead Heads, Grateful Dead Facebook game in the works
Filed under: Other Games Find your nearest Dancing Bear and stroke it for good luck. Dead Heads will soon have an official home on Facebook within a Grateful Dead social game that's reportedly...
Nearly half of social gamers play on two devices, survey says
Filed under: Other Games Has it sunk in yet? Mobile is surely one of the next steps for social games , if a recent survey of 10 thousand social gamers is any indication
FarmVille Winter Wonderland Items: Mink, Husky, Alaska Home, Bald Eagle, & Much More!
Filed under: Farmville For the biggest part of Wednesday, we brought you a look at quite a few then unreleased items that we believed would be launching in FarmVille in the near future....
FarmVille Winter Wonderland Items: Mink, Alaska Home, Bald Eagle, & Much More!
Filed under: Farmville For the biggest part of Wednesday, we brought you a look at quite a few then unreleased items that we believed would be launching in FarmVille in the near future....
PSP Phone in azione: un pò di delusione
E’ da mesi che ne stiamo parlando e, sebbene manchi ancora quell’ultima punta di ufficialità che verrà data al dispositivo il prossimo Febbraio a Barcellona, oramai tutto o quasi è stato svelato sul...
Hey ladies! Playdom spin-off Wild Needle’s first social game is targeting you
Filed under: Other Games Keep your eyes on Wild Needle, a new social mobile gaming company created by Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson. Instead of creating more social games for Facebook, this new company...
First China and now India: Zynga sets its sights on the Indian social market
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , FrontierVille Back in February of 2010, Zynga opened its first international office in Bangalore, India. However, major news from the new studio was...