Casino wars: Big Fish Games acquires mobile casino game maker Self Aware Games
The ante in the casino game market is getting bigger and bigger. Big Fish Games is announcing today it has acquire mobile casino game...
First iPad 3 game “screenshot” looking sharp, but Retina display concerns developers
The iPad 3 won’t be officially unveiled before March 7, but an independent developer has already posted images that simulate how the rumored Retina...
Women-targeted Plants Vs Zombies tournaments launch soon
Wait, what? There’s a Plants vs Zombies tournament? The answer is apparently yes, as revealed by Feelgood Games. The tournaments will include PopCap casual...
Bejeweled maker PopCap bets on Facebook casino-game gold rush
Ever since the Justice Department opened the door to the legalization of online gambling, the leading creators of social games are feeling increasingly lucky....
Angry bakers have fingers burned as Baking Life Facebook game gets the chop
PopCap Games has angered virtual bakers on Facebook by deciding to shut the doors to its Baking Life app on Jan 31. Despite many...
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...
Google creating its own social game using Google Maps
Watch out, Facebook. Google is making its own game for Google+ … and it involves maps. Yesterday, the company released a video of the...
People who cheat at social games are three times more likely to cheat in real life
People who cheat at social games are cheaters in real life too. So says a survey by casual game maker PopCap Games. The survey...
PopCap joins the league of Chrome app developers with Bejeweled
PopCap Games, the company responsible for casual gaming phenomena such as Bejeweled, Peggle, and Plants vs. Zombies, has announced its support for the Google...
How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social game powerhouse
Update: This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon’s Kindle bookstore. Zynga has turned the video game world upside down in...