Andrew Sheppard appointed CEO of Gree International Entertainment
Andrew Sheppard has been appointed CEO of Gree International Entertainment, the U.S.-based division of Japan’s mobile gaming giant Gree. Based in San Francisco, Shepppard...
You can now play Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe in Google’s search results
Google announced a couple of fun little nuggets today: You can now play Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe directly in Google’s search results. The feature is...
Zynga takes virtual farmers into new territory with FarmVille: Tropic Escape
Zynga is taking its prized FarmVille casual game brand into a new territory today with the launch of FarmVille: Tropic Escape, where you do...
Futureplay Games raises $2.5 million for ‘view-to-play’ mobile entertainment
Futureplay Games has raised $2.5 million to fund more titles in its “view-to-play” ad-based mobile gaming portfolio. Started by former Angry Birds veteran Jami...
Plarium launches mobile fantasy game Throne: Kingdom at War
Plarium has collected more than 250 million players for its social, mobile and web games, including Stormfall and Soldiers Inc. Now it is launching...
Samsung and Tencent in race to become Asia’s most valuable firm
(Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Samsung Electronics are racing to be crowned Asia’s most valuable company as expectations for robust earnings growth push their...
Muhammad Ali is now the star of a match-3 puzzle game
Boxing and match-3 puzzle games. Maybe like peanut butter and chocolate, these two different flavors can combine into surprisingly decadent treat. Or maybe it’ll...
RockYou expands into influencer marketing with Fanbread acquisition
RockYou has grown into one of the top video ad networks in the world by monetizing mobile and social games with advertisements. It’s now...
Xbox Live Games With Gold September 2016: Forza Horizon, Mirror’s Edge, and more
Four new games are heading into the Games With Gold program for Xbox Live in September. Microsoft is giving people who subscribe to the...
Activision is locked and loaded for its Call of Duty XP fan event
Activision Publishing is about to kick its marketing for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare into high gear with its big fan event next week,...