Japanese mobile game companies make their own strategic moves
Japan is seeing a lot of action in the heavy rivalry between the two mobile social game networks DeNA and Gree. DeNA announced today that it...
Facebook strikes back at Google with its own game enhancements
Fighting back against Google’s new social game platform, Facebook announced its own game announcements today. The enhancements are part of a larger set of...
Ansca Mobile’s LaunchPad will help app developers with discovery
Ansca Mobile has enabled a lot of developers to create their own iPhone and Android games via its Corona software development kit. But in...
Q&A: Amazon’s Appstore for Android is selling lots of games
Amazon wants to sell anything physical or digital. Almost four months ago, the company opened its Amazon Appstore for Android to provide some competition...
PayPal: 12M monthly users are paying for virtual goods (updated)
More than 12 million unique users pay for virtual goods each month, according to data released for the first time today by digital payments...
Game developers hoping to launch Google+ games within weeks
It’s no secret that Google is preparing an applications platform for its Google+ social network. Game developers say they’re looking forward to making games...
DeNA and Ngmoco launch Mobage mobile social network across globe
DeNA and its American subsidiary Ngmoco announced today they have launched the Mobage mobile social network in English-speaking territories around the globe. The Mobage...
Google drops hint about games coming for Google+
Google accidentally confirmed that you’ll soon be able to play games on Google+. The company temporarily posted help pages confirming the existence of an...
Unity Technologies raises $12M to push game development tools in Asia
Unity Technologies said it has raised $12 million in a second round of funding so that it can expand into the Asian market and...
Heyzap launches free personalized game recommendations on Android
Heyzap is expanding its offerings as a mobile platform provider. At first, it enabled users to “check in” to their mobile games to tell...