Indie darling Minecraft creator: release games before they’re finished
The Zynga way — releasing games mid-production and updating them as time goes on — is the way to go for independent game developers,...
Talkie rolls out green social game Ecotopia on Facebook
Aiming to do good with a good game, game startup Talkie is rolling out its Facebook game Ecotopia today in a private beta test....
Oberon to shutter internal game development
Online games giant Oberon Media has decided to shut down in-house production, resulting in the elimination of an undetermined number of jobs, according to Oberon...
Nexon invests $5M in social game maker A Bit Lucky (exclusive)
Korean online gaming firm Nexon has invested $5 million in Silicon Valley social game developer A Bit Lucky, maker of the popular Facebook game...
Dutch firm Eccky grows a new virtual game world for kids
Virtual worlds for kids are kind of out of fashion among entrepreneurs. Big companies such as Disney own a lot of the market with...
7 ways to help your games go viral on Facebook
Jessica Rovello is president and co-founder of casual and social game maker Arkadium. In less than five years Facebook has created the most powerful...
Gameview’s Tap Fish tops 10M downloads in a year on the App Store
When it comes to simulating aquariums on the iPhone, nobody beats Gameview Studio‘s Tap Fish game, which has been downloaded more than 10 million...
Now that’s a rant: Brenda Brathwaite unloads on social game haters
Social-gaming entrepreneur Brenda Brathwaite delivered a rant at the Game Developers Conference that would have made a tent preacher proud. In a session where...
Nintendo CEO: Smartphone games are worthless
In a feisty attack on the fastest-growing sectors of the video-game industry, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that smartphone games and social-media games focus...
FarmVille 2? Why Zynga needs to start making sequels, fast
[Peter Yared is the vice president of apps at Webtrends, which acquired Transpond, a social-apps developer he founded.] Do your best impersonation of a...