GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit: Keynote speakers announced
In 2020, the gaming industry hit unprecedented highs. Revenues surged for gaming-related businesses, and are now on track to surpass $200 billion by 2024....
Facebook hits 800 million monthly gamers, up 23% from 650 million a year ago
Facebook has hit a new milestone that indicates just how large its community of gamers has become: 800 million monthly active users. That number includes...
Gardenscapes by Russia’s Playrix is Facebook’s game of the year
Facebook’s Game of the Year award goes to Gardenscapes, a match-3 game created by the relatively unknown mobile game publisher Playrix. The win is...
Facebook engineers’ next hack: a Super Mario Maker level
Nintendo’s fall sensation Super Mario Maker will get a software update next month, and among the improvements will be a new level designed by two Facebook engineers. This...
Alien vs. Predator is coming to Facebook thanks to Plarium and Fox
Plarium is announcing today that it plans to bring the Alien vs. Predator franchise to Facebook by creating a new campaign within its massively multiplayer...
Facebook Messenger games could goose its Payments business
As people move off desktops, Facebook Payments revenue is stalling. Messenger-based games could be the answer.
The two-ingredient recipe for hooking gamers
These "ingredients" -- such as events -- are integral to making a fun game that keeps engaging its players and grows increasingly popular over time.
Mind Candy launches Match 3 social mobile game Moshling Rescue
The maker of Moshi Monsters comes to the U.S. with a new game for moms and dads.
Kabam launches Blastron mobile game as a browser-based Facebook game
Kabam is repurposing its robot-shooting mobile game, Blastron, for Facebook. In doing so, Kabam is reversing its typical flow for a social game compared to years past, and it shows that it isn’t averse to launching on the platform where the company got its start.
Offensive Combat pumps out laughs and bullets in equal measure (review)
U4iA Games brings its unusual free-to-play game to Facebook with spectacular results.