Tapjoy raises $30M for mobile app marketing business
Tapjoy has raised $30 million in a new round of funding for its app marketing and monetization business. The company raised the money in...
Sony finally brings PlayStation Network fully online in Japan
Sony has finally brought its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), and its associated services online in Japan — the last region where...
Social gaming company Ohai sold to unnamed bidder (exclusive)
We hear that social gaming company Ohai has been sold. We don’t know who the buyer is, but there were evidently a number of...
Indie darling sandbox game Minecraft passes 10M users
Minecraft, an independently-developed sandbox building game, has passed 10 million registered users, according to the game’s creator, Markus Persson, also known as “Notch.” That puts...
Even with half the users, Zynga’s FarmVille made more money than ever before in Q1
Game maker Zynga‘s break-out hit, FarmVille, saw record revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, even while its monthly active user count dropped from...
Zynga paid $53.3M to buy Words With Friends mobile game maker Newtoy
Tucked away in Zynga‘s initial public offering filing are the amounts that the company paid to buy a bunch of game studios in the...
Zynga planning to diversify beyond Amazon, build its own data centers
One of the little-known facts about social game giant Zynga is that it’s one of the biggest operators of cloud computing infrastructure, built to support...
A game should start with the game
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is a lot more interesting than "once upon a time." In screenwriting,...
Reviews Spotlight: F.E.A.R. 3, Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition, Infamous 2, and a classic
What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than performing hadoukens, throwing lightning bolts at enemies' heads, killing zombies, or shooting mercenaries in...
Who outguns the other? Electronic Arts vs Zynga (poll)
Updated with poll — so you can vote Social game maker Zynga, developer of games like FarmVille, filed for an initial public offering on...