Games get serious in education and corporate training (interview)
The leader of the Serious Games Association says the time for education and corporate training games will come
EBay gamifies the auction, with a little help from UC Santa Cruz students
Pretty soon you might be buying that extra doily for your bathroom vanity just to level up your eBay character or jump to the next reputation level. EBay is working to gamify the auction process -- and doing so with the help of University of California, Santa Cruz students.
Do you “Like” things? Badgeville and PeopleBrowsr want to give you a medal
The Behavior Platform maker and social-media data company join forces to gamify your Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Verizon Wireless gamifies its site and gets 30 percent more logins
Verizon Wireless has "gamified" its community web site and received a big boost in traffic as a result.
Bunchball launches 10 apps to quickly “gamify” websites and enterprises
Bunchball is announcing 10 new apps today that will "gamify" (make non-game apps and processes more game-like) websites and enterprises in a quick and painless fashion.
Badgeville raises $25M to break out from the pack in gamification
Buzzword or not, gamification, or the use of game-like rewards to engage customers and employees, is getting real. Badgeville, the creator of a popular...
Badgeville’s Kris Duggan: Six frameworks can gamify employee and customer engagement (interview)
Brands have embraced “gamification,” or using game-like behavior in non-game applications, as a way to engage their audiences. That is why gamification vendor Badgeville...
Non-gamers, here’s why you should care about games
As an early investor in social gaming, I’m often speaking on panels to audiences of gamers, investors, and game company execs. At one such...
Gigya helps Boyd Gaming casino firm gamify its loyalty program (exclusive)
Casino companies know how to treat their high rollers right, but it’s about time they started giving rewards and achievements to their players as...
BigDoor raises $5M for gamification platform
BigDoor, a white label gamification platform maker, has raised $5 million in new funding from the Foundry Group. The platform allows non-game online publishers...