Mystery narrative and new features headline CityVille 2’s launch
The social game has an original story and new gameplay features to expand the developer's reach into the genre.
Nintendo’s weekly update adds 3DS demos for Style Savvy and Freakyforms
It's a fairly slow week for the Nintendo Download, as the company adds a few 3DS demos and not much else. Also, there's a banana monster.
How Chartboost’s ad network exploded to serve 8,000 games in 1 year
Chartboost has seen explosive growth as developers try to reduce their user acquisition costs for mobile games.
Developer support builds for Ngmoco’s mobile social gaming network
DeNA's Mobage network is big in Japan, and it is expanding in the West.
Minecraft-like first-person shooter heads to Steam in December
The prototype of first-person shooter Ace of Spades already has 500,000 monthly players. Now, developer Jagex is helping prepare the game for a final release.
Amazon Game Studios launches its first mobile game: Air Patriots
Amazon has become a first-party producer of games for its own platforms.
Joining the insane social sports-betting crowd, Bunker Mode debuts its High Limit Sports app (exclusive)
The social sports-betting genre is exploding with new start-ups.
Wooga expands into mobile with its Bubble Island arcade shooter game
Bubble shooter games are now played by millions upon millions of players. Wooga is the latest to join the fray.
Israel’s Plarium debuts graphically rich hardcore Stormfall game on Facebook (exclusive)
Plarium is one of a number of social gaming firms in Israel.
You don’t have to play horror games to pee your pants in fear
Some of the most frightening video game levels ever made aren't even in horror titles.