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Facebook Credits gift cards set to rule the world. First stop: Target
It's official -- Target has everything. In addition to buying camping supplies, kitchen equipment and cheap designer duds, you will soon be able to buy Facebook Credits gift cards. Starting September 5, Target...
Digital Chocolate lays out its Mafia Wars trademark case against Zynga
Filed under: Mafia Wars Games.com -- The Blog has obtained a complete copy of the lawsuit that Trip Hawkins' Digital Chocolate served against Zynga earlier this week over the company's use of the...
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.
Title Town Football: It ain’t Madden but it’s still football on Facebook
While we're still wondering when Madden football will be rushing onto Facebook , video game developer Gasworks Games (Matrix Online, Tron 2.0) beats EA Sports to the punch, announcing that its football game,...
Quote of the Moment: The race to take over Europe
"I think is going be even better for us than it is in North America, because there is less competition.
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....