Game of Thrones Ascent aims to please fans with a Facebook game (exclusive)
Game startup Disruptor Beam has announced today the first Facebook game based on the award-winning novels by George R.R. Martin and the award-winning television...
iSwifter launches full-featured mobile Facebook app — with social games included — on iPad
The problem with Facebook’s mobile app is that it doesn’t run games. The web-based site is built with Adobe Flash, but that runs poorly...
Conversion rates up, spending habits down among social gamers
While more social game players are becoming paying customers, overall spending on social games is down from a year ago, according to market research firm SuperData.
The Sims Social on life support? EA says no way
Electronic Arts came out swinging against what it calls a "misinformed" article in Business Insider, which said that EA's The Sims Social game is on "life support."
Zynga launches Bubble Safari as it moves into arcade-style social games
Zynga is moving into new territory in social games today as it launches Bubble Safari for Facebook. The game is a “match-three bubble shooter”...
Hackers disrupt the gameplay of Zynga’s YoVille social game
Hackers broke into one of Zynga’s older social games, YoVille, and they were able to disrupt the gameplay for a group of fewer than...
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...
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron unveils new post-PC social game company
Jason Citron scored big when he sold OpenFeint to Japan’s Gree for $104 million. Now the entrepreneur is back again with a new company...
Zynga earnings preview: what the analysts think
Zynga’s stock price has been falling in recent days in advance of the company’s first quarter earnings report today. The shares are trading at...
First quarter game investments and acquisitions gather steam
The consolidation of companies in the social game market has begun, according to first-quarter data gathered by game-focused investment bank Digi-Capital. In the first...