Mobile startup Fun Machine believes games can do social good
New mobile entertainment software company Fun Machine likes its games to have a positive message.
CrowdStar expands into China and South Korea with mobile game partners
CrowdStar is announcing today that it is partnering with China’s Tencent and South Korea’s Gamevil to expand its mobile gaming business into Asia. Burlingame,...
Zynga acquires Wild Needle casual game maker for an estimated $3.8M
Zynga acquired Wild Needle, a casual game company that had backing from Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson, according to TechCrunch. We’ve heard that the purchase...
Bethesda and id release 20th anniversary edition of Wolfenstein 3D as web/mobile game
id Software and its new owner Bethesda Softworks are announcing today a new 20th anniversary edition of Wolfenstein 3D, playable as a web-based browser...
Are Chinese gamers addicted to crack?
Freemium mobile games might help foreign developers confront piracy in China.
CrowdStar raises $11.5M for mobile games but will lay off Facebook developers
CrowdStar, which is shifting from social to mobile games, has raised $11.5 million in a recent round of funding. At the same time, the...
Funzio scores big with third million-plus hit on the iPhone
Funzio is three for three on the iPhone. The social-mobile game maker’s latest release, Kingdom Age, had more than 1 million downloads in its...
YogiPlay unveils learning app service for children (exclusive)
The iPad and other smart devices are becoming an ideal platform for entertaining children. But the problem with content for kids on the App...
Crowdstar teams up with Gree for social mobile games
Shifting from Facebook to mobile, Crowdstar is announcing today that it will publish games through Gree‘s worldwide mobile social network. The alliance isn’t a...
Angry Birds Space hits 50M downloads in 35 days
Angry Birds Space has been downloaded more than 50 million times in its first 35 days on the market, according to publisher Rovio. That...