Kixeye re-brands and pivots into hardcore social games with Battle Pirates
Kixeye, once known as Casual Collective, has pivoted in a big way into social games on Facebook for hardcore gamers. That’s a market that...
Surprise: Sony faces class action lawsuit on PlayStation Network breach
Sony hasn’t yet recovered from the PlayStation Network outage, but it has already been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of an...
Angry Birds hits 140M downloads, poised for growth in China
Rovio‘s Angry Birds mobile game has been downloaded more than 140 million times since its release 16 months ago. The game maker said it...
Sibblingz’s Spaceport may be Holy Grail for publishing cross-platform games
Game startup Sibblingz is announcing today that its cloud-based Spaceport technology will allow a developer to write a social game that can be played...
PapayaMobile raises $18M for mobile social game platform
PapayaMobile, the Chinese mobile social game platform startup, has raised $18 million in a second round of funding. It’s another sign that mobile gaming...
YetiZen starts an incubator for game startups (exclusive)
The game industry is hot, with lots of companies chasing the success of social game darlings such as Zynga and mobile game successes such...
RockYou signs second social game deal with Loot Drop
Social gaming company RockYou has signed a second game publishing deal with Loot Drop, the studio created by veteran game developers John Romero (right)...
News Blips: PSN user info compromised, Portal 2 could be last “isolated” single-player Valve game, Minecraft introduces mod licensing, and more
I do believe the week-long PlayStation Network outage can officially be deemed a barely controlled train wreck now. At least conductors have a loud...
Scoreloop creates mobile social game platform for Hong Kong carrier
Munich-based Scoreloop is announcing today a deal with Hong Kong mobile carrier CSL to create a dedicated mobile game portal using Scoreloop’s social game...
Video Blips: Black Ops DLC, Darkspore, No More Heroes: Red Zone, and more
I've complained in the past about the industry's excessive usage of zombies, but fighting the animated corpse of George Romero brandishing a film set...