King.com launches its first cross-platform mobile game (exclusive)
King.com grew up in the age of web portals, offering skill-based games for players who liked to play casual tournament games. But this is...
Kixeye re-brands and pivots into hardcore social games with Battle Pirates
Kixeye, once known as Casual Collective, has pivoted in a big way into social games on Facebook for hardcore gamers. That’s a market that...
Hands-On with Age of Empires Online Beta
As a Greek, I embody might and power. From high above I command a small empire with careful planning and tactical precision. We continually...
Surprise: Sony faces class action lawsuit on PlayStation Network breach
Sony hasn’t yet recovered from the PlayStation Network outage, but it has already been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of an...
OpenFeint debuts mobile social game platform in China
OpenFeint‘s mobile social gaming platform is now available to Chinese gamers thanks to a partnership with Chinese online game maker The9. Branded as The9...
Angry Birds hits 140M downloads, poised for growth in China
Rovio‘s Angry Birds mobile game has been downloaded more than 140 million times since its release 16 months ago. The game maker said it...
Sibblingz’s Spaceport may be Holy Grail for publishing cross-platform games
Game startup Sibblingz is announcing today that its cloud-based Spaceport technology will allow a developer to write a social game that can be played...
Zynga acquires Wonderland Software in UK mobile game expansion
Game maker Zynga has expanded its game development reach into the United Kingdom with the acquisition today of Wonderland Software. The deal adds more...
PapayaMobile raises $18M for mobile social game platform
PapayaMobile, the Chinese mobile social game platform startup, has raised $18 million in a second round of funding. It’s another sign that mobile gaming...
YetiZen starts an incubator for game startups (exclusive)
The game industry is hot, with lots of companies chasing the success of social game darlings such as Zynga and mobile game successes such...