Koolbit shows social mobile casino startups can still get traction in a crowd
Breaking into the social casino game market is tough, but one startup, Koolbit, has already gained traction.
Kabam to make social and mobile games based on The Hobbit film
Kabam was virtually unknown a few years ago, but now it's making games that tie into Peter Jackson's upcoming film trilogy The Hobbit -- expected to be one of the most important movie properties of all time.
Wedge Buster raises $2.2 million to be the ultimate social-sports-gaming destination
Wedge Buster hopes to do social sports gaming right.
From generation to generation: The ripple effects of women and gaming
We know women are growing more involved in gaming. But how does this growth differ with grandmas, mothers, and their daughters?
After OnLive: Here’s why Nvidia believes cloud gaming is just getting started (interview)
After cloud gaming leader OnLive ran out of money in August, the future of cloud gaming became, er, cloudy. Rival cloud gaming service Gaikai...
GSN snatches up former Zynga chief marketing officer
GSN has picked up Jeff Karp, former chief marketing officer at Zynga
The exodus continues: Zynga’s chief security officer resigns
Nils Puhlmann, the chief security officer at Zynga, is the latest to leave the firm.
How Activision uses Salesforce.com for engaging with (complaining) gamers
Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff relates how his company transformed the social support infrastructure at Activision Blizzard, the publisher of the Call of Duty games and an enterprise with $4.8 billion in annual sales.
With a veteran startup team, Scopely raises $8.5M for social mobile games
Scopely is methodically launching engaging social games on mobile devices. And it's doing so with an all-star staff and funding of $8.5M
Chasing more engaged users, Zynga acquires ‘midcore’ social game startup A Bit Lucky
Faced with a slowdown in the core casual game market on Facebook, Zynga has expanded into mid-core games with the acquisition of A Bit Lucky