Google nabs Square Enix and other game developers to do native client Chrome games
Google announced today that its three-year effort to create a muscular browser technology that can run heavy duty apps such as console-like games is...
How Zynga’s IPO went from a $20B valuation to $8.9B in five months
When credible reports about Zynga’s upcoming IPO filing started flying this July, expectations for the social gaming giant’s value were running $15 billion to...
Zynga: Beyond the IPO
Three years ago, Mark Pincus told me that he was going to make Zynga more valuable than EA within five years. It took him...
Former EA leader Jamil Moledina switches focus to cross-platform social games
Jamil Moledina envisions a future in which all games are cross-platform. And to help make that future a reality he left a job at...
The DeanBeat: The critical season for game sales is upon us
The holidays came early for a lot of gamers in November, with releases ranging from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune to Call of Duty Modern...
Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games
Disney has hired away OnLive executive John Spinale to be the new head of the Disney Interactive Media Group’s social games business. Spinale will...
Owen Van Natta steps down from executive role at Zynga
Owen Van Natta, the chief business officer at social game maker Zynga, is stepping down from that post and moving to a new role...
Brazil social gaming market to hit $238 million by 2014
The market for social games in Brazil is expected to grow as large as $238 million by 2014, according to a study released by...
Korean game startup Pangalore targets HTML5 games
More and more game companies are turning to the HTML5 web format to create cross-platform games. The latest is Pangalore, a social and mobile...
Zynga launches CastleVille social game and new FarmVille plush toys
Social game maker Zynga formally launched CastleVille as part of its accelerated release schedule for games in advance of its planned initial public offering....