Otoy teams up with Autodesk to create cloud-rendering platform
Otoy has partnered with creativity tools maker Autodesk to create next-generation cloud rendering tools that will make film making, 3D designs, and video games easier,...
CrowdStar takes a stab at a global gaming audience
Game maker CrowdStar is unveiling a new business strategy today to grow its game business into a multiplatform empire. The new strategy, which the company is...
Crowdpark raises $6M for social betting games
Crowdpark has raised $6 million for its social betting games business, it said today. Will Netflix’s CEO get fired? Will the economy tank in 2012? Will...
Pepsi and The X Factor embrace gamification with The Pepsi Sound Off
Gamification, or the use of game-like mechanics to make non-game apps more fun, is hitting the big time. Pepsi is announcing today it has...
Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million
[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games’ last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011....
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco hires chief marketing officer
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco has hired a former Mattel executive, Michael Staskin, as its chief marketing officer. His job will be to ensure that...
Zynga dives deeper into mobile to reach gamers everywhere (video)
No single game maker dominates smartphone and tablet games the way Zynga is dominating social games on Facebook. But now Zynga may have its...
GameFly launches gamer social network on Android devices
Game rental startup GameFly is starting a gamer-centric social network on Android devices, the company announced today. It has launching an updated app that gives gamers...
Non-Facebook social games to hit $5.6B in revenue by 2014
Facebook isn’t the only platform where social games are booming. Revenue from non-Facebook social games is expected to grow from the current amount of...
Ugh: Zynga’s Farmville in talks for movie treatment
As annoying as it is to get Farmville requests from friends on Facebook, now there may be no way to escape the popular game:...