Veloxia raises $3 million to expand beyond idle mobile games
Veloxia has raised $3 million in funding to make idle games for mobile devices. It already has one hit, Space Colony: Idle on iOS and...
Kongregate focuses on building its own idle games for mobile
Kongregate took off as an early platform for free-to-play web games from indie developers. It saw a lot of success and went through some...
GSN’s acquisition of Idle Gaming shows the state of social casino games
Social casino games are in a mature stage, and the smaller companies are having a tough time.
Tapjoy claims mobile developers can use reward-based ads without losing any in-app-purchase revenue
One studio found that it ended up making 14 percent more total revenue from having both in-app purchases and rewarded ads.
How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview)
The co-founder of Playdom is funding game companies; he thinks Zynga's chief executive ought to give up his supervoting rights.
Social game Idle Worship takes Facebook gaming to new level
Idle Games is launching a next-generation social game today dubbed Idle Worship. The title opens up a new genre on Facebook — the once...
Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million
[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games’ last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011....
Idle Games helps you find new friends in social games
Social gaming company Idle Games launched its first social game, Idle Worship, today at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 conference in San Francisco. Idle Worship...