Zynga reportedly trying to acquire Draw Something maker OMGPOP
Zynga is reportedly in discussions to buy OMGPOP, the maker of the enormously successful Draw Something mobile game, according to TechCrunch. The deal shows...
PlayPhone buys mobile marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5M (exclusive)
PlayPhone has acquired mobile social marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5 million in stock, VentureBeat has learned. Ron Czerny, chief executive of PlayPhone, confirmed the...
OMGPOP’s Draw Something steals No. 1 spot from Zynga
Zynga has dominated the top charts of Facebook games for what seems like forever. So it’s surprising to note that Draw Something from OMGPOP...
Peter Relan on how to get two iPhone games into the top 25
Peter Relan wants to build a mobile gaming empire, one app at a time. The chief executive of CrowdStar and chairman of game incubator YouWeb...
Under GameStop, Kongregate sees big growth in virtual goods business
Life under GameStop’s ownership has been good for Kongregate, one of the largest destinations for free indie games on the internet. But the changes that...
Kixeye quietly makes big bucks on hardcore Facebook games
At first glance, Kixeye looks puny as a social gaming company on Facebook. It has only 4.6 million users compared to Zynga‘s more than 240 million monthly...
Call of Duty Elite players go bananas for clan warfare
Call of Duty Elite is turning out to be a highly engaging social network for hardcore fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3....
PixyKids raises $3M for a social media platform just for kids
PixyKids has raised $3 million to develop its social platform for kids ages six to 12. It is built on the idea that kids...
Zynga considering secondary offering of shares to avoid post lock-up selloff
Zynga is reportedly considering a secondary offering of shares on the stock market, following its $1 billion initial public offering in December, according to...
Wikia, Jimmy Wales’ for-profit company, passes IGN to become the largest network of gaming sites on the web
What happens when you combine the Wiki model of open, collaborative editing with just a pinch of old-school oversight? In the case of Wikia,...