Crowdpark raises $6M for social betting games
Crowdpark has raised $6 million for its social betting games business, it said today. Will Netflix’s CEO get fired? Will the economy tank in 2012? Will...
Pepsi and The X Factor embrace gamification with The Pepsi Sound Off
Gamification, or the use of game-like mechanics to make non-game apps more fun, is hitting the big time. Pepsi is announcing today it has...
Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million
[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games’ last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011....
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco hires chief marketing officer
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco has hired a former Mattel executive, Michael Staskin, as its chief marketing officer. His job will be to ensure that...
Zynga dives deeper into mobile to reach gamers everywhere (video)
No single game maker dominates smartphone and tablet games the way Zynga is dominating social games on Facebook. But now Zynga may have its...
GameFly launches gamer social network on Android devices
Game rental startup GameFly is starting a gamer-centric social network on Android devices, the company announced today. It has launching an updated app that gives gamers...
Non-Facebook social games to hit $5.6B in revenue by 2014
Facebook isn’t the only platform where social games are booming. Revenue from non-Facebook social games is expected to grow from the current amount of...
Ugh: Zynga’s Farmville in talks for movie treatment
As annoying as it is to get Farmville requests from friends on Facebook, now there may be no way to escape the popular game:...
RockYou and Sony head off to the zoo in joint promotion
Social game publisher RockYou has teamed up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to jointly promote each other’s zoo-related entertainment. Under the deal, RockYou will...
Zynga adds better graphics and game variety to Mafia Wars 2
Zynga unveiled details of its Mafia Wars 2 game today, a deeper and more graphically appealing version of its early social game Mafia Wars,...