Adventure World social game is another big test for pre-IPO Zynga
Zynga‘s Adventure World launch, coming in the next few weeks, is a big test for the social game publisher. If the Indiana Jones-style title takes...
iSwifter is the first to bring Flash-based Google+ games to the iPad
iSwifter’s innovative app for streaming Flash content to the iPad now supports Google+ games, making it the first app to do so, the company...
Gaia Interactive opens a new genre with Monster Galaxy mobile app
Game maker Gaia Interactive has a big following on the web and on Facebook among young folks who are fans of Japanese anime comics....
Striiv to launch portable device make fitness more fun
Games like Wii Fit have made it more fun to stay fit in your living room. But Silicon Valley start-up Striiv wants to motivate...
Otoy’s cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video (exclusive)
Filmmakers and game creators would love to create animations so realistic that they look like they were produced inside a Star Trek Holodeck, the...
Zynga gives 70 times more voting power to CEO Mark Pincus
Social game maker Zynga is remaking its stock rules to give chief executive Mark Pincus 70 times more voting power than the shares that...
Red Robot launches Life is Crime game with location-based play (exclusive)
There’s got to be more to location-based mobile games than checking in. That was the thinking behind the game startup Red Robot Labs and...
OpenFeint’s single sign-on for social games to replace Apple’s UDID (exclusive)
Apple caused panic among app developers last week when it announced that it would phase out an identification system for users on its mobile...
Bunchball gamifies Salesforce.com and launches game widgets
Bunchball is trying to “gamify” every web site in the world via tools that make sites more game-like. Its new Nitro for Salesforce.com uses game-like...
Social incubator YouWeb raises $2M
Technology company incubator YouWeb has spawned incredibly successful social and mobile game companies. Now the Burlingame, Calif.-based incubator has raised $2 million in funding...