6waves Lolapps launches Ravenskye City social game (exclusive)
Hoping to extend a social game franchise, 6waves Lolapps is launching its new Ravenskye City game today. The game is an expansion of the...
Can a single game reach a billion players?
A growing number of game visionaries are saying a single game can reach a billion people. That idea has become a cause célèbre, providing a...
Peak Games raises $11.5M for social gaming deals
Peak Games has raised $11.5 million for its plan to become a social gaming powerhouse in emerging markets, the company announced today. The Istanbul-based company...
Zynga takes its most popular game, CityVille, to Google+
Zynga announced today it has taken its most popular game, CityVille, to the fledgling Google+ social network. The move could be strategically important for...
Brands finally succeed in social games on Facebook
Facebook gamers are finally embracing well-known brands in their social games. That’s one of the conclusions from a panel on social games at the...
Facebook enables new real-time social interactions for games
Facebook’s next-generation Open Graph platform will deliver a bounty of new features for social games, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said today at the company’s...
BringIt launches head-to-head challenges in Facebook mini games (exclusive)
BringIt builds mini games inside Facebook games to encourage players to buy and spend virtual currency. Today, it is adding the ability for players...
How Funzio’s Crime City shot to the top of the App Store
When a game shoots to the top of the Top Grossing list in Apple’s App Store, that’s probably a sign that it’s a good...
Will Facebook games become faster and richer?
The problem with Facebook as a game platform is that most of the games running on it are slow. For hardcore gamers, as well...
Hands-on with Edgeworld and other Google+ games
Since the battle of the social game giants has begun, I decided to try out some of the games available on Google+ to see...