Developers share why women characters matter beyond diversity Posted byby GamesBeat August 20, 2013 9 min A number of game developers attempt to answer why we need female characters beyond reasons of "diversity." Continue Reading 9 min
How six Lolapps developers saved their last big game, Ravenshire Castle Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 4, 2012 4 min Ravenshire Castle is launching today on Facebook. It is the final chapter in the Raven World series created by a team of developers at Lolapps,... Continue Reading 4 min
6L cuts its development team as it focuses on third-party game publishing Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 19, 2012 1 min 6L, the social-gaming company formerly known as 6waves Lolapps, said today that it has laid off much of its development staff. Instead of using... Continue Reading 1 min
6waves Lolapps launches Ravenskye City social game (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 7, 2011 3 min Hoping to extend a social game franchise, 6waves Lolapps is launching its new Ravenskye City game today. The game is an expansion of the... Continue Reading 3 min
Nexon invests in social gaming firm 6waves Lolapps (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 4, 2011 2 min South Korean online gaming powerhouse Nexon has invested in social gaming firm 6waves Lolapps, VentureBeat has learned. The investment, which is expected to be... Continue Reading 2 min
Lolapps merges with 6waves to build social gaming powerhouse Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 18, 2011 2 min Two leading social game companies — 6waves and Lolapps — are merging today in order to form a more powerful challenger to market leaders... Continue Reading 2 min
Lolapps acquires a Flash game engine that makes Facebook games run fast Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2011 3 min Aiming to deliver better graphics in social games, Lolapps has acquired the Fliso graphics engine from Sean Cooper Games and hired its creator. The... Continue Reading 3 min
LOLapps launches a novel expansion for Ravenwood Fair Facebook game Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2011 3 min LOLapps has had a big hit with its social game Ravenwood Fair, which has grown to 10 million monthly active users since its launch... Continue Reading 3 min
RockYou signs deal with Doom creator John Romero’s social game studio Loot Drop Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2011 3 min Aiming to lock up a high-quality game developer, RockYou has signed a deal with Loot Drop, a new social game studio created by id... Continue Reading 3 min
RockYou acquires TirNua for next-generation 3D social games (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 3, 2010 2 min RockYou is announcing today that it has acquired TirNua, a maker of a next-generation 3D game engine for Facebook games. Terms of the deal... Continue Reading 2 min