Zynga designers help Pulitzer Prize winners create social charity game
Zynga announced today that it's lending out its game developers to help create a social charity game on Facebook.
Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery
Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker...
Some Facebook games no longer ask permission to access your profile information
Zynga, Kixeye, and Electronic Arts have worked a deal with Facebook to allow users to start playing their games without having to agree to any dialogue boxes.
Betable’s potential jackpot: Bringing real gambling to social casino games
Betable hopes to disrupt social casino games by enabling real-money online gambling in social gaming titles.
Appageddon aftermath: Apple, where do your negative reviews go? (updated)
Appagedon is over, for now. Apps are once again being downloaded from Apple's app store, they're working, and all is well in Apple's app-dom.
The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era
Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.
EA goes after CityVille with today’s launch of SimCity Social
In a bid to unseat Zynga’s CityVille game on Facebook, Electronic Arts has launched SimCity Social today. The new city-building simulation game represents the culmination of...
PlayPhone quadruples its mobile social gaming network users in six months
PlayPhone, a startup that has created a mobile social gaming network, says it has grown its users from 1 million monthly active fans to 4 million in the past half year.
Updated: Surprise, surprise: Sony drops OnLive support for streaming media player after purchasing Gaikai
[Update: We’ve updated this story to be more precise. It is still confusing, but we’ve added the facts as we know them] Sony has...
Don’t miss our fireside chat with Tencent at GamesBeat 2012
We’re pleased to announce that David Wallerstein, senior executive vice president of international business at Tencent, will be sitting down with me for an...