Non-Facebook social games to hit $5.6B in revenue by 2014
Facebook isn’t the only platform where social games are booming. Revenue from non-Facebook social games is expected to grow from the current amount of...
Brands finally succeed in social games on Facebook
Facebook gamers are finally embracing well-known brands in their social games. That’s one of the conclusions from a panel on social games at the...
Emerging markets will spend billions on games this year
Gamers are expected to spend billions of dollars in emerging markets this year such as Brazil, Mexico and Russia, according to market researcher Newzoo, based in...
Idle Games helps you find new friends in social games
Social gaming company Idle Games launched its first social game, Idle Worship, today at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 conference in San Francisco. Idle Worship...
EA’s The Sims Social breezes past Zynga’s Farmville
Game publishing company Electronic Arts‘ newest social game, The Sims Social, has passed social gaming supergiant Zynga’s Farmville and now has 36 million monthly...
Zynga’s Adventure World social game goes live
Zynga just launched its Adventure World social game on Facebook, speeding the pace of its game introductions as it prepares for an initial public...
Exclusive: Meet Guerillapps’ Trash Tycoon, a social game to bring out your green side
Social games maker Guerillapps today launched Trash Tycoon, a social game about recycling that’s designed to encourage “upcycling” — the process of converting old...
China’s Perfect World game operator to invest $100M in venture capital fund
Perfect World, one of the largest online game operators in China and east Asia, announced today that it will invest $100 million in a...
Electronic Arts’ The Sims Social hits 4.6 million daily players a week after launch
Electronic Arts’ latest Facebook game, The Sims Social, has picked up more than 4.6 million daily active users after launching a week ago, according...
Claritics expands into mobile analytics for Android apps
Social analytics firm Claritics said today it has launched a new analytics platform for games and apps on Android mobile devices. Back in May,...