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DiscoveryBeat: Playfish exec says social gaming is still waiting for its Super Mario Bros.

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 9, 2009
1 min

Intellectual property is one of the next big opportunities in social gaming, according to Sebastien de Hellaux, co-founder and president of Playfish. Specifically, the...

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DiscoveryBeat: Zynga’s tips for social gaming success

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 9, 2009
2 min

Bill Mooney, general manager of Zynga’s insanely popular social game FarmVille, offered his advice for social game developers today at VentureBeat’s DiscoveryBeat 2009 event...

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Booyah’s mobile app MyTown turns the real world into Monopoly

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 7, 2009
2 min

We’ve written about plenty of location-based services that use elements of gaming to keep users glued and reach critical mass. But what about games...

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Final speakers for DiscoveryBeat: RockYou’s Lisa Marino, IGN’s Roy Bahat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 4, 2009
3 min

We’re excited to announce our final set of speakers for DiscoveryBeat, VentureBeat’s event exploring how to get apps noticed in an age of noise....

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3 min

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Serious Business looks for life beyond Friends For Sale!

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 30, 2009
5 min

Friends For Sale!, the game where people can “buy” other people as if they are pets, has had tremendous staying power as a popular...

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5 min

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Announcing the DiscoveryBeat Apps Contest, sponsored by Flurry

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 25, 2009
2 min

We’re holding a contest in conjunction with our DiscoveryBeat event to be held on Dec. 8 at the Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 in...

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How open is open?

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 24, 2009
2 min

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GetJar. Open vs Closed is one of today’s hottest topics in the apps and appstores world. It...

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Zynga crosses 100 million users and expands beyond Facebook games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 23, 2009
2 min

Zynga said today it has crossed more than 100 million unique monthly users for its social games on Facebook. Thanks to the popularity of...

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Facebook bans offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media due to questionable ads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2009
3 min

Facebook has banned offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media from providing offers in games and apps on the social network. The development is one...

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Offerpal Media sets standards to lock out scam offers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 19, 2009
4 min

[Updated with interview] Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards that forbid offers...

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