Filed under: Other Games According to Metal International founder and president Ken Rutkowski, social games will boost Facebook Credit sales and account holdings more than anything else on the platform, TechWorld reports ....
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Facebook game profits are big, but MMO gold farming is huge
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games In fact, a report (PDF link) by the Word Bank's infoDev finance program suggests that 75 percent of all virtual goods sales globally are from gold farmers....
Universal Pictures & Cie Games take Fast Five promotion to a new level in Car Town
Filed under: Other Games In one of the biggest and most in-depth cross-promotional activities I've ever seen in a Facebook game to date, Universal Pictures and Regal Entertainment have partnered with Cie Games'...
Facebook games could make money thanks to social, not just addiction
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games It's a common belief that Facebook games are so successful thanks to an incredible small, dedicated, addicted minority that is willing to spend on things like Farm...
Quote of the Moment: ‘Nintendo president Iwata is wrong about social games’
Filed under: Other Games Iwata-san has done an incredible job rebuilding Nintendo over the last few years. He is a great leader of that company, but in this particular case he is wrong
FarmVille maker and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is worth $1 billion
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Surely, Sean Parker is somewhere responding to the news with, "Yes, $1 billion is cooler." Forbes reports that Mark Pincus, the CEO of Zynga , is officially...
NBA Legend social game alley-oops onto Facebook this week
Filed under: Other Games The National Basketball Association (NBA) is looking to cash in where EA already has with its FIFA and Madden franchises. Thanks to San Francisco, Calif.-based developer Lionside , the...
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...
Hospitopia on Facebook will give players a cause to ‘Share’ [Interview]
![Hospitopia on Facebook will give players a cause to ‘Share’ [Interview]](http://www.blogcdn.com/blog.games.com/media/2011/02/hospitopialogo.jpg)
Filed under: Other Games While social game developers like Zynga have been leveraging their millions of fans to contribute to noble causes, it's only recently that games devoted entirely to a cause have...
Social gaming to be $1 billion industry in 2011, advergames incoming
Filed under: Other Games In somewhat unsurprising news, social gaming will grow to a $1 billion market in 2011, according to a report released today by eMarketer . The report estimates that virtual...
EverQuest 2 brings the addiction to Facebook with Fortune League
Filed under: Other Games We're sure many of you have heard the "EverCrack" references before as soon as someone in the room mentions Sony Online Entertainment 's (SOE) ubiquitous MMO franchise, EverQuest ....
Reuters to social, mobile gamers: 2011 will be better
Filed under: Other Games Aside from the burgeoning and indisputably successful social and mobile games markets, video game sales suffered a year long slump in 2010. Industry professionals predict that game sales for...
Zynga designed FarmVille as "a negative experience," says Braid creator
Filed under: Farmville In a recent interview with Gamasutra , developer of hit Xbox Live Arcade game Braid Jonathan Blow claimed that Zynga 's creation of FarmVille "is actually about designing something that's...
CausePlay aims to create games for good causes with Hospitopia
Filed under: Other Games One of the more interesting ideas coming out of the social gaming space is the idea of using games to raise money for real life charities. We've seen Zynga...
Godfinger developer Ngmoco to create mobile gaming social network
Filed under: Other Games So, that's what they've been up to. San Francisco-based mobile games developer Ngmoco revealed today its first major project since being bought out by Japanese social gaming company DeNA...
Millionaire City Cheats & Tips: Six easy ways to get ahead
Filed under: Other Games Millionaire City is quickly becoming one of the big names in the world of Facebook games. Currently the 8th most popular game behind giants like FrontierVille, Cafe World, and...
Zynga versus DeNa : A new challenger approaches, ready… fight!
Filed under: Other Games While Zynga has been the king of the social gaming ring in the U.S.
It Girl debuts branded Rocawear clothing line
Filed under: Other Games Crowdstar's It Girl is on a rampage lately, with new clothing and accessories available every direction we turn.
Megamind meets FarmVille, Top 25 Facebook games for November [PM Linkage]
FarmVille's 24-hour Megamind movie promo kicks off Thursday Top 25 Facebook Games for November 2010 BringIt raises $1.5M, helps RockYou generate revenue by putting a game inside a game...
Kabam closing up shop on Tattoo City on December 1
Filed under: Other Games Today, Tattoo City announced to its players that it will be closing down for good on December 1, 2010.
Nightclub City adds new Halloween celebrities to the party
Filed under: Other Games One of the subtle draws to Nightclub City is the ability to "collect" celebrities, who will either randomly visit your club, or who can be paid to make an...
Playdom to close Super Farkle on December 31
Filed under: Other Games Anyone who logs in to Super Farkle will be greeted with a message telling them that the game will be closing down for good on December 31, 2010. This...
FrontierVille Tailor Shop Goals: Everything you need to know
Filed under: FrontierVille While most of us are probably still working on getting our distant cousins hitched , Zynga introduced a stylish set of Goals to FrontierVille titled "Tailor Shop." This set of...
ESPNU College Town update brings Facebook Credits and over 100 items
Playdom's new sports university management game ESPNU College Town received a much-deserved update today in the form of Facebook Credits , new Competitions features and over 100 new items. Not to mention that...
ESPNU College Town update brings Facebook Credits and new Competition rules
Playdom's new sports university management game ESPNU College Town received a much-deserved update today in the form of Facebook Credits , new Competitions features and over 100 new items. Not to mention that...
THQ partners with Joyent, WWE Facebook game on the horizon?
THQ, the developer behind critically acclaimed franchises like Red Faction and the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) series of games, is inching closer to social game creation with today's partnership with cloud-computing company Joyent....
Zynga’s Plantinum Purchase Program does high-profile, underground transactions
Filed under: Farmville While we know Zynga has made some pretty inflammatory comments before in reference to its game design , we've seldom heard the company behind social game giant FarmVille say much...
Quote of the moment: Stop the snobby sneering
Filed under: Farmville "I think that making incredibly expensive, hard-to-play games that require proprietary hardware and prior experience to enjoy is a dumb way of providing gaming entertainment to a global audience. It...