Social gaming company MindJolt's recent buy churns out its first social game
MindJolt, a social game company headed by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has launched its first its first social gaming project built by a company...
Social games company MindJolt taps new mobile veteran
MindJolt, the social game company headed by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has added a mobile veteran to its staff in a move to expand...
Zynga sues Brazilian copycat Vostu for copyright infringement
Social game company Zynga on Thursday filed a lawsuit against fellow game company Vostu for blatant copyright infringement, suggesting that Vostu exists only to...
Zynga launches CityVille Hometown mobile game
Social game maker Zynga is rumored to be headed toward filing for an initial public offering. So it’s not surprising the company is picking...
EA debuts a Sims social game
Electronic Arts announced today that it is releasing a new social game for Facebook that is built off its popular life simulation game, The...
EA’s No. 2 executive leaves for Zynga
Electronic Arts‘ No. 2 executive, John Schappert, has resigned from the company and will reportedly join Zynga. Reuters said that Schappert, who joined EA...
Social games could grow five-fold to $5B market by 2015
Social gaming revenues hit $1 billion in 2010 and could grow five-fold to $5 billion in the next five years. Market research firm Parks...
Shrek meets FarmVille as Katzenberg joins Zynga board
Hollywood and social games are forging an alliance as both pursue wider audiences. The latest link between the two is Zynga’s appointment of DreamWorks...
Zynga starts rolling out FarmVille’s first major expansion
Social game maker Zynga is rolling out the first major expansion for its uber-popular FarmVille game, which debuted back in June 2009 and has...
Lady Gaga donates $1.5M to Zynga’s Japan quake relief campaign
Lady Gaga made news in Silicon Valley last week by visiting Google and Twitter’s headquarters. Now she’s donating $1.5 million to Japan earthquake relief...