Facebook and Google + clash on the social network gaming front. Each social network is flexing its muscles, and it seems that users are going to witness a long and hard battle between the two companies.
Location-based social service Loopt is launching a new mobile rewards game called Loopt Star. Loopt Star will let users check in to different locales to…
Facebook and game creator Zynga, recently valued at $4 billion, have signed a five-year “strategic partnership” to maintain the symbiotic relationship between the social network and games…
Animal rights activists were none too happy with Zynga’s use of pit bulls as weapons in the popular Mafia Wars Facebook game. After sending a…
wooga, the company behind the popular Brain Buddies application, announced today that they have secured $7.5 million from Balderton Capital as a follow-up to the first round of funding from Holtzbrink Ventures we covered earlier this year. Since August, Brain Buddies has surpassed Playfish’s popular “Who Has The Biggest Brain?” application. With Playfish’s [...]
This week two of the largest social gaming developers, Playfish and Playdom, announced that they are opening offices in San Francisco. Is this part of the massive Silicon Valley “revival” that the BBC described yesterday? I doubt it but it’s clear that no matter where the social gaming companies are hiring from, San [...]
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Monday, September 7, 2009
The Most Popular Girl in Pet Society
Q&A with Playfish: Quiztastic’s Growth, International Users, and More
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Faunasphere: A Casual MMO from Big Fish Games
Re-Entering the Gaming [...]
