GFACE unveils its new cloud based social gaming network
Crytek, the developer behind Crysis and Far Cry, is backing a new social gaming network called GFACE. Created by a “small team with big...
Zynga accounted for $445M, or 12 percent of Facebook’s revenue, in 2011
Zynga, the largest app publisher on Facebook, accounted for 12 percent of the social network’s total revenue in 2011, according to Facebook’s inital public...
Angry Birds will hit Facebook on Valentine’s Day
Angry Birds fans may be staying home without a date on Valentine’s Day, but at least they can hang with a few hundred friends....
THQ launches a Margaritaville Online Facebook game
In a major attempt to diversify, traditional video game publisher THQ is launching its Margaritaville Online social game on Facebook today. Inspired by the...
Angry bakers have fingers burned as Baking Life Facebook game gets the chop
PopCap Games has angered virtual bakers on Facebook by deciding to shut the doors to its Baking Life app on Jan 31. Despite many...
The DeanBeat: Should Zynga move into online gambling?
Do gambling and Facebook games go together? Slot machine maker International Game Technology answered that question with a resounding “Yes!” when it bought Double...
College students raise awareness about wetlands restoration with Facebook game
Undergraduate students at the University of Washington Bothell’s Center for Serious Play created and released today a Wetlands restoration video game for Facebook entitled...
Which anti-SOPA game companies are fighting back, and how
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders...
Playdom looks to boost Spry Fox’s Triple Town numbers on Facebook
Playdom, Disney’s social games product group, has announced plans to team with developer Spry Fox to publish its latest social game, Triple Town, on...
Google creating its own social game using Google Maps
Watch out, Facebook. Google is making its own game for Google+ … and it involves maps. Yesterday, the company released a video of the...