Does Google get games? Kongregate mobile arcade banned from Android Marketplace
Whispers of Google’s social gaming service had gone quiet since Facebook marched to the top of the hill and planted its feet at the...
With latest accolade, the future is Bing Gordon’s game (exclusive interview)
Few outside of the video-game industry have likely heard of Bing Gordon. But the game pioneer now wields major influence over the future of...
Zynga’s CityVille grows to 100 million users in 43 days
Zynga keeps making history with CityVille, the fastest-growing game of all time. Today, the Facebook game broke another record as it reached 100 million...
RockYou buys UK game developer Playdemic
Continuing its expansion in social games, RockYou said it is buying UK game developer Playdemic. The deal is the second developer acquisition in a...
Playdom co-founder starts Wild Needle to focus on social mobile games (exclusive)
Rick Thompson is hoping that lightning strikes another time. Thompson was the chairman and co-founder of Playdom, the social game company that Disney bought...
Zynga buys social browser Flock … or maybe just its engineering team
Social Web browser Flock just announced that it has been acquired by social gaming giant Zynga, confirming an earlier report in TechCrunch. Chief executive...
Facebook hires game executive to direct partnerships
Game entrepreneur Sean Ryan has been hired as director of game partnerships at Facebook. The hire is a recognition that Facebook needs to focus...
From Kinect to Angry Birds — the biggest video game stories of 2010
During 2010, we wrote about 1,100 stories on the video game industry — and the year isn’t over yet. But here’s a look back...
Game companies raise record $1.05B in 2010, up 58 percent
Game fundings broke a record this year as 91 companies raised more than $1.05 billion in 2010. That number is up 58 percent from...
Zynga launches Mafia Wars Atlantic City for mobile phones
Zynga launched a mobile version of its Mafia Wars Atlantic City game today. The game is the social game company’s first designed for the...