The image of social networks as a place just for teens and college kids continues to fall away thanks to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing older...
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Disney/Playdom shuts down all Acclaim games
Back when Playdom first acquired Acclaim Games back in May , we were surprised that the company published MMO and casual games, instead of games like Mortal Kombat.
Quote of the Moment: Gamers Evolve
Filed under: Farmville "More gamers means more games, plain and simple.
FarmVille: The New York Times can suck it — a green thumb, that is
Filed under: Farmville Last week, we reported on a crotchety New York Times editorial that expressed shock and dismay over the growth of the social games industry, took its turn bashing FarmVille ,...
Rummikub: Another classic board game gets the Facebook treatment
Scrabble has been out on Facebook for, well, what seems like forever and now another classic board game is getting the social gaming treatment. The game Rummikub (pronounced 'Rummy-cube') has made the jump...
FarmVille parody app FarmVillian lands on iPhone
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille's evil twin, FarmVillian has had a troubled start from the beginning.
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.
HeyZap launches support for HTML5 social games
Most social gamers probably don't care very much about the underlying technology running their favorite social games. But there is one important reason you should be happy that social game distributor HeyZap has...
Mafia Wars Daily Take promises big payouts for devoted players
Filed under: Mafia Wars If you're like me, you play Mafia Wars, but sometimes you forget to play every single day of the week. Occasionally, other social games, family, life in general sometimes...
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...
Google snaps up virtual currency platform Social Gold for $75 million [Rumor]
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Google is still staying mum on the rumors that it's planning to launch a game-driven social network called 'Google Me' in the near future. However, it's undeniable that the search giant is making...
Social City Drive-in theater — you asked for it, you got it
Filed under: Social City Social City recently held a contest on what type of leisure building you'd like to have most, and the winner -- a Drive-in theater -- has now made its...
Google pays $182 million for SuperPoke Pets! creator Slide
Slide, the social gaming company behind SuperPoke Pets! (and the whole throwing sheep trend in the early days of Facebook) has purportedly been snapped up by Google for $182 million. The official announcement is...
Quote of the Moment: Cheating yourself
"What we did have were massively multiplayer online games such as Final Fantasy XI and World of Warcraft, where players were encouraged to engage in a long process of leveling up their characters,...
Is Bebo planning a social gaming comeback?
Do you know that bittersweet feeling you get when you realize an ex-romantic partner looks like they could finally be getting their life together without you? That's how we here at AOL's Games.com...
Top 25 Facebook games for August 2010
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , Bejeweled Blitz , PetVille , Happy Aquarium , Happy Pets , Happy Island , Hotel City , Social City , Treasure Isle ,...
Why 400,000 players weren’t enough to save Street Racing
Filed under: Farmville With social game mega-publisher Zynga recently deciding that hundreds of thousands of players apparently aren't enough to sustain games like Roller Coaster Kingdom, Ponzi Inc. and Street Racing , we've...
Chronicles of Spellborn: Has Playdom pulled the plug on this free MMO?
Rumors are running rampant that Playdom (now owned by Disney) has pulled the plug on the free-to-play MMO Chronicles of Spellborn.
Top 10 fastest growing Facebook games this week
Need to take a break from tending those virtual crops or slaving over at hot stove at your virtual cafe? Look no further than this week's list of the top 10 fastest growing...
Debate! Gamezebo responds our Disney-Playdom Merger op-ed
Filed under: Sorority Life , Tiki Farm , Wild Ones , Tiki Resort Games.com friend and Gamezebo.com Founder Joel Brodie responded to my Disney-Playdom merger op-ed , and he did not take kindly...