Ngmoco aims to be part of a global social mobile gaming company
Neil Young, chief executive of iPhone game maker Ngmoco, said in an interview today that he agreed to sell his company to Japan’s DeNA...
Sometrics works out a virtual currency exchange with Facebook (exclusive)
Social app platform maker Sometrics is announcing today that its virtual currency can be exchanged into Facebook’s own new virtual currency, Facebook Credits. The...
Japan’s DeNA buys iPhone game publisher Ngmoco for up to $400M
Japan’s DeNA said today it is buying Ngmoco for up to $400 million in cash and stock in the biggest iPhone-related acquisition to date....
Kontagent game-analytics to help small developers take on social game leaders
Can Kontagent help David topple Goliath through better analytics? Social game companies such as Zynga consider their analytics — the data they collect about...
Surviving Taliban controversy, Medal of Honor video game assaults the Call of Duty franchise
Electronic Arts is launching Medal of Honor today as a critical reboot of a video game franchise that is a big part of EA’s...
GameSalad aims to let anyone create and launch iPhone apps
If you already think developers have created too many iPhone games (there are 49,000 of them), just wait until user-generated games take off. GameSalad...
Waste Management touts real-life recycling with Facebook game
Maybe offering three cents per aluminum can isn’t much of an incentive to recycle. Would a game on Facebook be a better motivator? Recycling...
News Blips: Help Develop Mega Man Legends 3, Sega Removes “Average” Sonic Games, and More
Remember, Mega Man Legends fans. Whenever the long-awaited sequel comes out, address your diatribes about how the game isn't as good as earlier titles...
Should Japanese Games…Be Less Japanese?
Keiji Inafune sounds like a lone Horseman of the Apocalypse for the Japanese gaming industry if you've followed his press over the past year....
EA Mobile throws its support behind Windows Phone 7
Electronic Arts‘ mobile game division, EA Mobile, said today it will make games for Microsoft‘s Windows Phone 7 and has four titles ready for...