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SimCity Social: If this free-to-play game is too good, will you pay $60 for the full PC version?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 4, 2012
3 min

Electronic Arts is finally unveiling a long-rumored Facebook game, SimCity Social. And with it begins a great experiment: Will fans who enjoy this free-to-play...

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Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 5: Social and Mobile)

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 25, 2012
1 min

Shiny Timeline cover images of mobile and social games like Angry Birds Space, CityVille, and Bejeweled Blitz for your Facebook profile.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 11, 2012
2 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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The Sims Social on life support? EA says no way

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2012
2 min

Electronic Arts came out swinging against what it calls a "misinformed" article in Business Insider, which said that EA's The Sims Social game is on "life support."

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EA and Tencent to take The Sims Social game to China

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 13, 2012
1 min

Electronic Arts and Chinese social network Tencent are taking EA’s The Sims Social game to China. Beijing-based Tencent, which has hundreds of millions of...

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Zynga reports a profit for third quarter on eve of IPO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2011
3 min

Zynga reported net income of $12.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 54 percent from $27 million a year ago, according...

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Sims Social, sports games, and digital sales drive EA’s Q2 earnings

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 27, 2011
2 min

For Electronic Arts, success in its second quarter came from strategies both old and new. The company reported solid earnings based on strong sales...

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Facebook changes how it tracks users, raising questions about true audience numbers (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 14, 2011
3 min

Zynga may be losing some ground after spending years completely dominating the Facebook social gaming market. Facebook today announced that it is changing the...

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EA’s The Sims Social has stolen millions of players from Zynga

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2011
3 min

Electronic Arts came out of nowhere when it launched The Sims Social on Facebook. The social game that simulates human life took off like...

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Zynga takes its most popular game, CityVille, to Google+

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 26, 2011
1 min

Zynga announced today it has taken its most popular game, CityVille, to the fledgling Google+ social network. The move could be strategically important for...

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