Trusted Opinion "gamifies" its restaurant recommendation community
Social recommendation firm Trusted Opinion is adding a social game platform to get its community of a million restaurant fans to engage in the...
MindJolt’s DeWolfe explains plans for a rollup in social games
Chris DeWolfe is the man who founded MySpace and made it a social networking sensation, beating out Friendster and becoming the biggest social network...
Hi5 raises $14M as it shifts into social games and virtual goods
Social network Hi5 said today it has raised $14 million in a second round of funding as it tries to shift into social games...
Social game firm Crowdstar embraces Facebook Credits in five-year agreement
Crowdstar is giving a big endorsement to Facebook Credits. The social gaming company has made a five-year commitment to using Facebook’s virtual currency. The...
Social game “whales” are big spenders on Facebook, survey says
A small but engaged group of Facebook users known as “social game whales” are proving to be big spenders on the social network, according...
The startup con man
Two weeks ago, several tech publications wrote about DinglePharb, an exciting new social gaming developer based in the Philippines and Hong Kong. Led by...
Zynga’s comeback plan: Get big in Japan, with SoftBank
Zynga and SoftBank are preparing to announce an alliance to take the social gaming company into the Japanese market. The alliance, which comes at...
Zynga lands Yahoo distribution deal for its games
In a prudent move to diversify its Facebook-centric audience, social game maker Zynga this morning announced a distribution deal with Yahoo that will allow...
MySpace says it welcomes social games to its platform
MySpace announced today it is launching MySpace Games Lab to help third-party app makers bring more social games onto its social network. It is...
Zynga and Facebook step back from the brink of nuclear war
Defusing a tense equivalent of a nuclear standoff in social games, Facebook and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a five-year strategic...