Cellufun reborn as mobile social game publisher Tylted
Publisher Cellufun is renaming itself Tylted today to get a fresh start in the mobile social game business. The company held a contest to...
Kontagent launches its kSuite DataMine analytics tool for monetizing mobile games
Kontagent is one of the companies that is rich with big data as it provides analytics services to more than 1,000 social and mobile apps...
Ghost Recon Commander will be a “gamer’s game” on Facebook
Ubisoft announced today that social game developer Loot Drop will create a hardcore Tom Clancy game on Facebook. Releasing this spring, Tom Clancy’s Ghost...
The Tap Lab raises $550K to fund location-based mobile games
The Tap Lab has raised $550,000 to finance mobile games that are layered on top of real-world locations. The idea is to create experiences...
Can we panic now? — Core gaming has a problem
THQ layoffs, Sega cancellations, and Sony studio closures caused last week to be one of the worst in memory for the gaming industry. Compare that to mobile darling OMGPOP which was sold for $210 million based on the strength of one game. It seems like one side of the market is on its way down, while the other side has nothing but growth ahead of it, but that isn't necessarily the case.
Wooga scores 11M downloads for Diamond Dash on iOS
Wooga has come out of nowhere to become the second-largest player on Facebook in social games. Now it is showing great progress in getting...
Disney and DeNa to collaborate on mobile social games
Disney and Japan’s DeNA have agreed to collaborate on mobile social games to be launched on a worldwide basis. The deal is part of...
The DeanBeat: “Evil” Zynga learns that old labels can come back to haunt you
Is Zynga evil? When Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the maker of the wonderfully creative Draw Something app, it was a great moment....
Kabam buys Battle Punks social game creator Gravity Bear (exclusive)
Kabam has acquired Gravity Bear, creator of the Battle Punks social game on Facebook. Redwood City, Calif.-based Kabam makes hardcore games for social network audiences...
The post-OMGPOP boost: Zynga prices secondary offering at $12 a share
Fresh from the $180 million acquisition of OMGPOP, Zynga has priced the secondary offering of its stock at $12 a share. The San Francisco maker of...