Kabam buys Battle Punks social game creator Gravity Bear (exclusive)
Kabam has acquired Gravity Bear, creator of the Battle Punks social game on Facebook. Redwood City, Calif.-based Kabam makes hardcore games for social network audiences...
The post-OMGPOP boost: Zynga prices secondary offering at $12 a share
Fresh from the $180 million acquisition of OMGPOP, Zynga has priced the secondary offering of its stock at $12 a share. The San Francisco maker of...
Martha Stewart guest stars in Zynga’s CastleVille social game
Social games are becoming a mass-market medium. A clear sign of that today is Zynga’s announcement that Martha Stewart will make a cameo appearance...
Mobile startup HyperBees wins seed funding in Android games contest
London-based HyperBees won the Get Discovered Android mobile game contest on Tuesday with a quiz game that will land the startup a funding deal. The...
Sony readies three new freemium PlayStation Home games
Sony is announcing three upcoming titles for its PlayStation Home virtual world for hardcore gamers on the Sony Entertainment Network (the former PlayStation Network)....
Seismic Games paves new game category on Facebook with CelebrityMe
Social game startup Seismic Games is launching CelebrityMe, a new Facebook title that lets players live out the fantasy of being a celebrity. The...
Kip Katsarelis on designing the next SimCity (interview)
Kip Katsarelis is lead producer for the new SimCity game Electronic Arts’ Maxis studio is developing. We recently made the trek to Emeryville, Calif.,...
An in-depth preview of SimCity reveals an intricately crafted experience
Inside the Maxis studio in Emeryville, Calif., the next SimCity is taking shape. The new game won’t debut until 2013, but Electronic Arts recently...
Japan’s DeNA cuts mobile gaming deals with Chinese carriers that have a billion users
Japanese mobile social gaming network firm DeNA has announced it has signed deals with China’s three largest mobile carriers, enabling DeNA’s games to get...
Adobe Flash-based mass market games will go 3D in a big way
Adobe is about to taking mass market gaming up a notch. The company is introducing a number of high-end gaming features — from 3D...