A $5 million gamble: Spil Games sets up new fund for developers making HTML5 games
Spil wants to pay for development, marketing, and more for any studio with an HTML5 game (that it deems worthy) that needs publishing.
More than 1.2 billion people are playing games
Seven-hundred million people, or 44 percent of the world's online population, play online games -- according to a Spil Games report.
How funny antics drive game loyalty
For Snail Bob, the driving factor behind getting new players and earning their loyalty has nothing to do with fancy analytics or shady free-to-play monetization strategies. No, it's humor.
Digital Chocolate launches web racing game exclusively on Spil Games
Spil Games is closing in on Facebook's 251 million monthly active gamers.
From generation to generation: The ripple effects of women and gaming
We know women are growing more involved in gaming. But how does this growth differ with grandmas, mothers, and their daughters?
Why tween girls aren’t playing your games
Just the mention of the word “tween” conjures up images of Bratz-toting, Twilight-reading, Justin Bieber-loving fans. But when you strip away the generalizations, a...
Tween girls doubled their game usage in the past year
Tween girls, or those ages 8 to 12, doubled their game playing time per month in the past year, from 38 minutes a month...
Spil Games has 170M monthly visitors who spend as much as $60 a month
Spil Games said today that it has 170 million monthly active visitors to its various teen-girl-focused game sites. People who play the free-to-play social...
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed. As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was...
Spil Games introduces social features for cross-platform mobile browser games
Spil Games said it has completed the first steps toward true cross-platform gaming on mobile browsers. The features are an important milestone in Spil’s...