Virtual goods purchases vary by ethnicity
White and black mobile social gamers spend more on virtual goods purchases than Hispanics spend less, according to a survey by mobile gaming firm...
After three pivots, Playhaven finds a niche in monetizing mobile apps
Playhaven started life as a gamer’s social network. Then it morphed into making communities for mobile games. Now, after its third pivot, the company...
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...
Claritics expands into mobile analytics for Android apps
Social analytics firm Claritics said today it has launched a new analytics platform for games and apps on Android mobile devices. Back in May,...
Zynga acquiring Astro Ape? Key executives change LinkedIn company to “Zynga”
Gaming company Zynga may be acquiring mobile gaming studio Astro Ape. Business Insider reported that Astro Ape employees have been changing their LinkedIn employment...
iQU launches marketing and analytics service for online games
Gamer-profiling company iQU is launching an analytics and marketing platform to help online games find more users through mobile and social networks. The Haarlem,...
How Funzio’s Crime City shot to the top of the App Store
When a game shoots to the top of the Top Grossing list in Apple’s App Store, that’s probably a sign that it’s a good...
New Orleans snares a Gameloft game studio with tax incentives
Video games used to be political cannon fodder on the state level, with politicians creating laws to stop the sale of violent video games...
Zynga brings Words With Friends to Facebook
Social gaming company Zynga today announced that it is bringing its mobile Scrabble-like game Words With Friends to Facebook. That means players on Android...
Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. If Google properly channels that anger, it...