Ngmoco prepares for Mobage mobile social game network launch
Ngmoco, the mobile gaming startup that was acquired by Japan’s DeNA last year, is preparing to launch its social network for mobile games in...
Richard Garriott’s Portalarium raises money for Facebook games
Portalarium, the social and mobile game company founded by game pioneer Richard Garriott, has raised a second round of funding. Altogether, the Austin, Texas-based...
Japan’s DeNA loses a visionary of global mobile social network
Japanese game maker DeNA, which announced it was buying iPhone game maker Ngmoco for up to $403 million last October in a move to...
Week in review: Sony’s PlayStation Network back online
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: And we’re back:...
Week in review: A first look at Google’s Music Beta
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Google’s Music Beta...
Claritics raises $1.5M for social analytics apps
Social analytics firm Claritics has raised a $1.5 million round as it tries to help social game and app developers analyze their data and...
Week in review: PlayStation Network outage continues
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Sony in...
OpenFeint debuts mobile social game platform in China
OpenFeint‘s mobile social gaming platform is now available to Chinese gamers thanks to a partnership with Chinese online game maker The9. Branded as The9...
Zynga acquires Wonderland Software in UK mobile game expansion
Game maker Zynga has expanded its game development reach into the United Kingdom with the acquisition today of Wonderland Software. The deal adds more...
Zynga’s Mark Pincus: The ethical founder?
The social era of computing has produced three multi-billion dollar companies: Facebook, Twitter and Zynga. As light is increasingly shed on the formation myths...