Red Hot Labs raises $1.5M for mobile games and a platform to make them spread
The company includes members of the team that created Zynga's smash hit social game FarmVille.
Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations
Closures are part of Zynga's strategy to contain costs using "guard rails."
Cmune raises funding for first-person shooters on mobile and Facebook
Will first-person shooters emerge as a big market on social and mobile platforms?
Gree and Yahoo Japan invest $2.2M in GxYz social-gaming business
The joint venture will bring about social games on smartphones.
Half the Sky Facebook game to create awareness about sex slave trafficking
The project shows that social games can inspire social change.
Facebook touts why its social network makes mobile games better
The giant social network claims that players who find games on Facebook spend more time in the corresponding apps and are more likely to spend money on those titles.
King.com’s Candy Crush Saga beats Zynga with top social-mobile game
For the first time in years, Zynga does not have the top game in daily users on Facebook.
Kabam acquires Vancouver studio Exploding Barrel Games
Exploding Barrel Games worked on Margaritaville and is making free-to-play mobile and social games now.
The end is near: 11 Zynga games are victims of cost-cutting
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Love your free players to unlock the full potential of free-to-play games
It’s already clear that free-to-play games are having a profound impact on the industry landscape. Their initial success is in large part driven by...