Zynga adds new social features to Draw Something, raises streak cap to 999
Zynga has announced the implementation of new social elements for its hit Pictionary-esque app, Draw Something. Players can now share their masterpieces on Facebook and...
Spacetime Studios ratchets up cross-platform gaming with Dark Legends
Are you longing for the day you can play a game with depth on your phone or tablet, then hop onto your PC when...
Joke app Happy Poo finds some success on Android platform
Urban dictionary defines turd polishing as “The act of trying to make something hopelessly weak and unattractive appear strong and appealing. An impossible process...
TwitchTV launches iPad and Android apps to stream game tournaments
TwitchTV is launching its Android and iPad apps today as it expands the reach of its video game tournament streams. Debuting at the PAX...
Israel’s Dragonplay raises $14M for free-to-play mobile social games
Israeli social and mobile game startup Dragonplay has raised $14 million in a first round of funding. The investors are Accel Partners, Entrée Capital, and...
Rovio CEO: Actually, Angry Birds Space will come to Windows Phone (updated)
Update: Apparently Rovio’s execs do not communicate with each other. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed just told Reuters that his company is working on Angry...
Red Robot Labs proves location-based games are hot, raises $5M
Red Robot Labs, a maker of location-based smartphone games, has raised $5 million from Taiwanese media firm Next Media. The deal is a big...
Grand Cru raises $2M to build free-to-play Supernauts superhero game
Grand Cru is announcing today it has raised $2 million in seed funding to build an online adventure game called Supernauts. The company is entering a...
Neil Young’s path to the multibillion-dollar mobile social game market (interview)
Neil Young sold his San Francisco startup Ngmoco to Japan’s DeNA for $403 million in the fall of 2010. And that was just the...
Amazon’s Android Appstore boasts 31K apps
Amazon is celebrating the first anniversary of its Android Appstore launch by putting a bunch of its most popular titles on sale. The company...