Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. If Google properly channels that anger, it...
Nexon’s MapleStory Adventures game goes live on Facebook
South Korean online-game company Nexon is formally launching the open beta of its MapleStory Adventures game, its first title aiming to tap into Facebook’s...
Call it GlobalVille: Zynga to launch version of CityVille on Tencent’s network in China
In its biggest diversification beyond Facebook to date, game maker Zynga is announcing today that it has partnered with social network Tencent in China and...
Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments
The emerging landscape of games is attracting a lot of money, thanks in part to excitement about Zynga’s upcoming initial public offering and some...
Updated: Facebook to share ad revenue with Zynga, SEC filing reveals
[Updated: Facebook has made a statement about the filing.] Social games maker Zynga it has a revenue-sharing agreement with Facebook. The agreement, disclosed in...
Here are Zynga’s minority investors: Google, Peter Thiel, Softbank and others
Social game maker Zynga has outed its minority investors, which stand to make some serious cash off the company’s upcoming $1 billion initial public...
OnLive CEO says his pet wireless project has sub-millisecond latency
The head of streaming game service OnLive, Steve Perlman, said his new wireless data transmission technology will be so fast that the latency will...
OpenFeint recruits game developer to lead free-to-play focus
OpenFeint has hired a game development leader to help its customers focus on making free-to-play mobile games. The move reflects the growing importance of...
Zynga launches PrivacyVille tool to gamify user privacy
Zynga is launching PrivacyVille today, a game-like tutorial that rewards players with game points for learning more about the social game company’s privacy practices....
Long-awaited Civilization World launches public beta on Facebook
Sid Meier’s Civilization World is available today to all Facebook users as the social game enters its public beta test. After more than 22...