The road ahead in mobile games
Mobile gaming is the wide-open battleground of the entertainment industry. While Zynga dominates social games and big publishers rule console games, the global smartphone...
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...
GameSalad unleashes HTML5 game creator — no coding required
Game development tool-maker GameSalad announced it is releasing a suite of applications that will let game developers create a game for HTML5-powered browsers. The...
Tapjoy launches $5M fund to port apps to Android
After Apple cut out a big part of Tapjoy‘s business, Tapjoy’s countermove was predictable. Today, the mobile monetization company is starting a $5 million...
RIM acquires Scoreloop, a social gaming startup
RIM, maker of the popular BlackBerry devices, announced Tuesday that it has acquired social gaming company Scoreloop. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Tapjoy says Apple’s ban on promos is killing mobile game profits
Tapjoy said tonight that Apple’s ban of a popular kind of promotion on the iPhone is hurting mobile game developers. Tapjoy and Apple held...
Adknowledge and Ansca Mobile cater to mobile game makers
Adknowledge and Ansca Mobile have teamed up to help mobile game developers make money with their apps. Adknowledge is a long-tail ad network, with...
Apple and Google steal market share from video game systems
Apple and Google have taken about 8 percent of the overall video game market, according to an analysis by Flurry. And when it comes...
Zoodles reaches a million children with Kid Mode mobile apps
Zoodles is out to own your kids as they surf the web, play games, and venture onto tablet computers. The company is launching its...
Scoreloop nudges iPhone game developers toward Android
Mobile social game platform Scoreloop is encouraging iPhone game developers to switch sides with the launch of its Go Android campaign. Munich-based Scoreloop makes...