Gamzee raises $1M seed round for cross-platform mobile and social games
Gamzee, a mobile and social game developer founded by gaming veteran Howard Marks, has raised $1 million in seed funding. The Los Angeles company...
Zynga's Empires & Allies tops FarmVille in just 25 days
Zynga’s Empires & Allies social game has grown to more than 39 million users in 25 days, topping the audience for the company’s huge...
Social games company MindJolt taps new mobile veteran
MindJolt, the social game company headed by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has added a mobile veteran to its staff in a move to expand...
Week in review: Lulzsec and Anonymous trade blows
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories published by VentureBeat in the last seven days: Hit the...
Sony scores with Infamous Anarchy companion game on Facebook
Infamous 2 is one of the big console game releases of the summer, and now Sony is trying to enhance that hit with its...
Activision's Call of Duty boss Eric Hirshberg is ready for battle
Eric Hirshberg is the chief executive of Activision Publishing, a big chunk of the world’s largest video game company, Activision Blizzard. Among his duties...
Nexon launches first Facebook game: MapleStory Adventures
South Korea’s Nexon has specialized in making big downloadable role-playing and action games on the web. But the company is adapting to the new...
Zynga launches CityVille Hometown mobile game
Social game maker Zynga is rumored to be headed toward filing for an initial public offering. So it’s not surprising the company is picking...
Claritics offers new “social intelligence” analytics tools
Claritics, a maker of social analytics tools, is launching a limited beta version of its suite of tools that can help social game and...
Zynga’s Empires & Allies rockets to nearly 10M users in nine days
Zynga‘s Empires & Allies game has rocketed to nearly 10 million users in nine days. That’s a remarkable start for any Facebook game, but...