Gaming population doubles in three years thanks to smartphones, tablets
Two reports released this week show the continuing growth and potential market dominance of digital and mobile gaming. The number of Americans who play...
Retro World game revives dead celebrities for older gamers
Elvis lives. So does Marilyn Monroe. And other dead celebrities may come back to life thanks to Retro World, a new game launching today...
Zynga reports a profit for third quarter on eve of IPO
Zynga reported net income of $12.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 54 percent from $27 million a year ago, according...
Row Sham Bow launches Woodland Heroes game for Facebook
Hope springs eternal for new social game companies. Row Sham Bow, a social game company based in Orlando, Fla., is launching its new social...
Facebook changes how it tracks users, raising questions about true audience numbers (exclusive)
Zynga may be losing some ground after spending years completely dominating the Facebook social gaming market. Facebook today announced that it is changing the...
Zynga will debut on NASDAQ as “ZNGA”
Social gaming giant Zynga has decided to list its shares on the tech-heavy NASDAQ stock exchange, according to a recent filing with the securities...
Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million
[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games’ last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011....
Zynga’s Shrek-inspired CastleVille is ‘building on the shoulders of giants’ (Q&A)
Amid a host other game announcements, Zynga unveiled its newest “Ville” game, CastleVille, at the Zynga Unleashed event this week. CastleVille certainly seems more...
Zynga’s Project Z connects your Facebook friends on Zynga’s own social gaming site
Social gaming giant Zynga is breaking away from Facebook and other social networking sites by building its own independent website with Project Z. The...
Zynga launches three HTML5 games to run on mobile browsers
As part of a big game platform Zynga is announcing today, the company is launching three new titles that will run across platforms and...