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Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Social Games – tracking all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.

Monday, July 19th, 2010

• THQ Moves Company of Heroes to Virtual Goods, Free-to-Play Model
• City Builders and Strategy Do Well on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
• Scoreloop: Mobile Gamers Want Social Interactions
• Announcing the Inside Network Job Board
• Ngmoco’s We Farm for iPhone Launches in Canada

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

• Offerpal Launches SocialKast to Help Games Migrate Off Facebook
• Advertising with Social Games: Trident’s Puzzle Smash on Facebook
• Celebrating 30 Years with Star Wars: Battle for Hoth on iPhone
• Four More Non-Facebook Social Gaming Platforms Launched Today

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

• Platinum Life: The Latest Facebook RPG to Focus on the Music Business
• Social and Casual Game Co Zattikka Raises $5.5 Million
• Inside a Small Developer’s Success on Facebook: 5th Planet’s Dawn of the Dragons
• Cerebral Decorating with Uber Brain Isle on Facebook

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

• Taking a Satirical Look at Business with Office Heroes on the iPhone
• Facebook Adds Team Focused on Games, Plans New Communication Channels System
• New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Mindjolt, Playdom, & More
• Mixpanel Releases In-Depth iPhone Analytics Tool
• The Case Against Facebook Credits
• The Case For Facebook Credits
• New Jobs This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: EA, Storm8, iWin, ZipZapPlay, Lionside, & More

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

• Newer Facebook Games Are Attracting an Older Female Audience
• Farm Story Challenges FarmVille on the iPhone
• How to Localize Games: An Interview With US/Japanese Publisher RockYou
• Disney Is Latest Media Company Said to Consider Playdom Acquisition
• Wooga Becomes the Fourth Large Developer to Use Facebook Credits Exclusively
• Social Gaming Roundup: Chuck Norris, Raptr, TinierMe, & More