Scoreloop delivers social game platform for Samsung phones and TVs
Smartphone games are starting to spread out beyond the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms. In support of that trend, Scoreloop is announcing today...
Japanese augmented reality gaming company Tonchidot lands $12M
Tonchidot, a mobile augmented reality (AR) platform provider, just landed $12 million in second round funding. Several Japanese companies and venture capitalists participated in...
SGN readies its first social game for the iPhone (video)
Gaming startup SGN already offers a bunch of games on the iPhone, but despite the company’s name (the letters stand for Social Games Network),...
San Francisco mayor confirms Zynga building local HQ for 2,000 employees
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom confirmed today that hot social-game company Zynga will build a new headquarters that could house as many as 2,000...
The secrets behind Zynga’s success in social gaming (video)
Zynga has become the biggest social gaming company with its Facebook-based games such as FarmVille. Yesterday, 33 million gamers logged into Zynga games. Overall,...
Mark Zuckerberg navigates the tightrope between gamers and non-gamers (video)
Facebook had a very Solomon-like dilemma with its social network. Should it cater to gamers, who account for a huge portion of the traffic...
LOLapps thrives as under-the-radar Facebook social game maker
You probably haven’t heard of LOLapps, the maker of social games on Facebook. But the company has quietly become one of the leaders of...
888 Holdings acquires online gaming firm Mytopia for $18M
Online gaming firm 888 Holdings has agreed to buy the assets of social game development firm Mytopia for $18 million. The acquisition will help...
With Softbank in the wings, Zynga could seek $25 million
Social gaming firm Zynga has authorized the issuance of new shares of preferred stock, according to a filing on April 22 with the State...
Hi5 to announce new online games management team, acquisition of social game firm Big Six
In its ambition to be a player in the red hot category of social network games, Hi5 is expected to announce today that it...