Filed under: Other Games When we said " Facebook Games Portal, " this is not what we were expecting. This leads us to believe--maybe "hope" is a better word?--that this is not the...
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Social Game Universe launches IGAPI, makes a game of cross promotion (literally)
Filed under: Other Games Ever since Facebook's destruction of changes to how players discover new games , smaller developers have had a hard time getting their games to their audience (i.e. you and...
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...
Supreme Court favors the game industry; the future of social gaming [PM Linkage]
Supreme Court justices appear to favor video game industry in violence case Casual Games Start-Up OMGPOP Raising a Serious Funding Round Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2011...
Facebook shutters LOLapps games from requests, Ravenwood Fair lives on
Filed under: Other Games Since the recent LOLapps debacle on Facebook after the Wall Street Journal's investigative report , the company seemed to be in good shape, but today it was discovered by...
CrowdStar launches Facebook’s next pirate adventure, Mighty Pirates
Filed under: Other Games If you've yet to get your fill of "yarrg's," cannon blasts and buried treasure from games like Pirates Ahoy! , then you might enjoy Mighty Pirates , the newest...
AM Linkage: Zynga worth more than Electronic Arts, How to prep for zombie invasion
Zynga's Value Tops Electronic Arts as Virtual-Goods Sales Surge 10 games to help you prepare for a zombie invasion Why social game maker Zynga wants a patent on virtual currencies [Venture...
Apple is on the prowl for mobile, social game partnerships, job posting suggests
If a freshly submitted job posting is any indication, Apple is looking to strengthen its relationships with current and future game developers. While it's obvious already that the company is serious about gaming...
‘HTML5 is the future of social game development,’ Moblyng CEO claims
In a recent guest post on Inside Social , Stewart Putney, CEO of HTML5 social game developer Moblyng , said, "HTML5 is the future of social game development," especially on smartphones.
Mobile social games are cooler than Sunday Night Football
And that's just on the Flurry network for iPhone . According to data compiled by Nielsen and Flurry, a social network for iPhone games and applications, more people played social games on their...
CrowdStar is Number 2 on Facebook, Playfish and Playdom eat dust
CrowdStar , creator of Happy Pets , is now the Number 2 social games company on Facebook with 54.6 million monthly users, according to Inside Social Games , beating out big timers Playdom...
Social Game Fads: Harassing friends to send materials
Soc ial Game Fads is a new series where we take a look at some of the unoriginal game mechanics that are being reused over and over again in our favorite Facebook games....
Three Facebook games you should try out this week
If you're looking for some new games to play, here are three interesting games that made AppData's Top Twenty Gainers this week. For those looking for a more traditional property management game with...
Three Facebook games to look out for this week
The AppData weekly numbers on the fastest growing Facebook games is out again and this week you're in for a treat.
Dallas Mavericks, HDNet owner looking to invest in branded social games
It looks like the New York Jets soon won't be the only professional sports team with their own Facebook fan game.
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...
Tattoo City lets you run your own parlor and draw sick skin art
Facebook game developer Wonderhill has made the dream of every Miami Ink (you mean people didn't just watch that for Kat Von D?) fan a reality. In their new game, Tattoo City ,...
Three Facebook games that should be on your radar this week
Social media app tracker Appdata just published this week's Top Twenty Gainers in the social game space. In other words, these are games that should be on your radar as they could get...
YoVille: Four new cars have arrived
Filed under: YoVille Four New Cars make their way into Yoville ! An Orange Monster Truck for 35 Yocash, Yellow Italian Roadster for 49 Yocash, 57 Hot Red Car for 39 Yocash or...
Social Game Fads: Save this cute lost animal!
Filed under: Farmville , YoVille , Zoo World , Happy Island Social Game Fads is a new series where we take a look at some of the unoriginal game mechanics that are being...
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...
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...