EA Playfish exec: the billion-dollar social game is achievable
Someone is going to create a social game that pulls in a billion dollars a year in short order, said Sebastien DeHalleux, vice president...
Netflix chief and Charter Fund buy education game startup DreamBox Learning
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings and the non-profit venture capital firm Charter Fund have acquired DreamBox Learning for an undisclosed price. The new owners...
Offerpal becomes one-stop shop for ads and offers
In a move to broaden its appeal to advertisers, Offerpal Media is expanding into the ad network business. Today, Offerpal’s main business is running...
Big Fish Games swims into Facebook with Treasure Quest casual games portal
Casual game companies, which grew up as operators of portal web sites, are adapting to the new world order of social networking. Big Fish...
Playdom hires ex-Yahoo executive as CTO
Hot social gaming company Playdom has hired former Yahoo executive David Sobeski as chief technology officer. The hire shows that the company is still...
Going full circle, Nolan Bushnell rejoins Atari’s board
The arc on this event spans the entire history of the video game industry. Nolan Bushnell, the father of video games, is rejoining the...
The game empire strikes back at Infinity Ward co-founders
Activision Blizzard activated its legal machine gun today, filing a countersuit against the co-founders of its Infinity Ward studio, which makes the smash hit...
Social-game platform makers: “Welcome, Apple. Seriously.”
On Friday, Apple announced that it would create its own social platform for games, dubbed Game Center. It’s a place where iPhone, iPod Touch,...
Kontagent gets 50M users for Facebook analytics tool, raises $1.25M
Kontagent is announcing today that its Facebook viral analytics tool is being used by companies with 50 million users on the social network. It...
Zynga’s Treasure Isle helps reverse a slide in users
Zynga‘s newest game, Treasure Isle, has quickly grown to 4.3 million users since the company announced the game a week ago. It’s a clone...