Take Two CEO attacks Zynga for “sketchy” metrics and biz model
Zynga‘s tens of millions of regular players and burgeoning revenues have many investors excited about its fast approaching Initial Public Offering, but Take Two...
Tiny Speck “unlaunches” its Glitch game, taking it back to beta to rework game play
Back in September, game startup Tiny Speck launched an unusual online game called Glitch. Today, the company said it is “unlaunching” the game. The...
Video chat service Rounds continues to focus on entertainment with the addition of nine new games
Rounds, described as the world’s only “communitainment” platform, combining video chat and social apps into a single experience, today announced that nine new games...
Former Marvel CEO invests in kid’s superhero MMO Herotopia
Herotainment, developer of popular children’s massively multiplayer browser game Herotopia, has announced a new round of investment from Cuneo & Co., headed by former Marvel...
Sojo Studios’ WeTopia social game lets players do good in the real world
Sojo Studios is announcing its first online social game, WeTopia, which is designed to be part of a series of games where players can...
Kiip and GameSalad integrate ad-based rewards directly into game development platform
Kiip and GameSalad are announcing a partnership today that could ensure lots of new mobile games will have ad-based rewards baked into them from...
Zynga employees give Mark Pincus a 46 percent approval rating
The claws are out for Mark Pincus, chief executive of social game maker Zynga, today. First, the New York Times published a negative story...
Zynga to add Indiana Jones to Adventure World game
Starting Tuesday, Zynga will add the Indiana Jones character to its Adventure World game on Facebook. As we noted earlier, Zynga has a distinct...
Gree files suit against DeNA citing antitrust law violation
Japanese social games company Gree and telecommunications firm KDDI have filed a joint lawsuit against DeNA, claiming that the social game developer and operator...
Sega buys Spiral Knights game developer Three Rings
Sega purchased Three Rings today, the San Francisco game developer that created the Spiral Knights online game. The acquisition is part of Sega’s “aggressive...