Game investments doubled to $2B in 2011; acquisitions grew 160 percent
No matter how you look at it, the game industry is red hot. The game industry had a record year for investments and acquisitions...
The Facebook gaming boom is fizzling out, analyst firm says
Facebook's gaming boom has come to an end, according to a report from IHS Screen Digest Media Research. The subject is open to debate and players such as Facebook and Zynga will no doubt dispute this. But IHS Screen Digest has put together an argument that will likely get a lot of attention, as games such as those made by Zynga have driven the growth of the social network...
Game analyst Michael Pachter: The Wii was a bubble, but social gaming isn’t
Michael Pachter, an oft-quoted video game analyst, said the social gaming explosion of the past few years isn’t a bubble; rather, the Nintendo Wii...
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....
Love connection: 1 in 10 Words With Friends score in real life
Perhaps it’s time to start calling it Words With Friends With Benefits. Fans of Zynga‘s Words With Friends social game on Facebook are making...
Making Fun joins the hidden-object game fray on Facebook with Hidden Haunts (exclusive)
Making Fun, the social game division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., has launched a hidden object game called Hidden Haunts that will set itself...
Hasbro licenses game characters and brands from Zynga
Hasbro and Zynga are announcing a deal where the big toy company will create toys based on Zynga’s game characters and social gaming brands....
Hardcore social game firm Kabam moves its headquarters to San Francisco
Social gaming firm Kabam said today it has signed a multi-year lease on a “spectacular” new office in downtown San Francisco. The move shows...
6waves Lolapps chief denies violating NDA in copyright dispute with Spry Fox (exclusive)
Rex Ng, chief executive of 6waves Lolapps, denied allegations that his company violated a non-disclosure agreement in a case related to allegations of copying...
The DeanBeat: Billionaire Mark Pincus breaks out of quiet period (exclusive interview)
Mark Pincus is the newest billionaire in Silicon Valley, thanks to the December initial public offering of Zynga, the social game giant he founded...