Gameloft Live enters the social mobile fray on Android, coming to iOS soon
Global games publisher Gameloft announced today its new gaming hub service, Gameloft Live. In a move that should surprise no one, the company has...
DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011
The social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the...
The9’s Game Zone enables mobile game discovery in China (exclusive)
The9, an online gaming company with a long history in China, said it has scored good results making games more discoverable in the China...
Exclusive: PlayPhone launches its smartphone social gaming network
PlayPhone is formally launching its smartphone mobile social gaming network today after signing up more than 3 million users worldwide. I guess you could...
Gree shows off its global social gaming platform
Eager to compete with rival DeNA, Japan’s Gree has just released new details on its global social gaming platform. The borderless system will give...
Gree files suit against DeNA citing antitrust law violation
Japanese social games company Gree and telecommunications firm KDDI have filed a joint lawsuit against DeNA, claiming that the social game developer and operator...
Japanese firms battle for mobile social game supremacy
The Japanese are coming. In the wide open field of mobile social gaming, two large-scale Japanese companies, both of which have made major acquisitions...
OpenFeint replaces founder with new CEO
OpenFeint‘s co-founder Jason Citron has left the company and is pursuing new opportunities. He will be replaced by Naoki Aoyagi (pictured right). OpenFeint is...
OpenFeint’s single sign-on for social games to replace Apple’s UDID (exclusive)
Apple caused panic among app developers last week when it announced that it would phase out an identification system for users on its mobile...
China’s PapayaMobile reveals strong growth stats for mobile games
PapayaMobile, China-based maker of a mobile social networking platform for Android phones, now has more than 25 million users, up 940 percent since January...