Diablo-like Legends: Rise of a Hero launches on Zynga.com
Legends: Rise of a Hero is a free-to-play role-playing social game that focuses on collecting loot, recruiting friends, and building your kingdom.
Zynga moves into ‘midcore’ games with acquisition of November Software (exclusive interview)
Midcore games offer a chance to get more engaged and lucrative players.
Which company is worth more: Zynga or THQ?
In the short run, buying Zynga is a better deal than taking over THQ.
Is Gree really spending money on user acquisition like there’s no tomorrow? (interview)
Sho Masuda is the man in charge of spending at Japan's Gree, which is trying to break into the U.S. mobile games market.
Tapjoy’s ad network now reaches a billion mobile devices (interview)
Tapjoy Reconnect motivates individuals to complete actions in exchange for rewards from mobile-app developers.
Game developers, start your Unity 3D engines (interview)
Unity Technologies is expanding across the globe and into all gaming platforms. Watch out, Epic.
Mystery narrative and new features headline CityVille 2’s launch
The social game has an original story and new gameplay features to expand the developer's reach into the genre.
Wooga expands into mobile with its Bubble Island arcade shooter game
Bubble shooter games are now played by millions upon millions of players. Wooga is the latest to join the fray.
Zynga is vastly undervalued
How can a company that brings in $1.2 billion a year, and recently cut costs in order to achieve profitability, have a market value that's effectively zero? It doesn't make sense. Here's why Zynga is undervalued -- provided it does the right thing next.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga layoffs, iPad mini announcement, and Resident Evil 6 gets patched
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.