Categories Posted inin Technology Will Zynga’s ChefVille revive the company’s fortunes? Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2012 2 min Zynga tries to create the ultimate cooking social game, avoiding possible new lawsuits in the process. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat August 6, 2012 17 min Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back. Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business Phosphor and Zynga throw up the Horn with upcoming action mobile game (trailer) Posted byby GamesBeat August 4, 2012 1 min The new trailer for Horn, Phosphor and Zynga's upcoming mobile action game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: MMO troubles, virtual reality, gaming, and slow Vita sales Posted byby GamesBeat August 3, 2012 2 min Missed the latest news on GamesBeat? Here's a list of the stories we ran over the past week. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA sues Zynga, alleging The Ville is a blatant clone of The Sims Social Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 3, 2012 3 min EA and Zynga, two of the world's biggest game companies, are at war over copyrights. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How fast will the shift to huge growth for mobile games happen? Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 3, 2012 4 min With the console market looking a little shaky and Facebook starting to slow down, mobile stands before the gaming industry as a potential savior. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Springy achieves 15M downloads without any marketing or investors, plans to bring Wordplay to iOS Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 2, 2012 2 min The two-person game studio Springy has had huge success and is now launching Wordplay on iOS. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga stuck in real-life BadNewsVille: more lawsuits, COO demoted Posted byby GamesBeat August 1, 2012 1 min Zynga’s bad day on July 25 when the company reported horrible earnings turned into a bad week when investors found out that insiders cashed out... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology First Zynga insider trading lawsuit filed Posted byby GamesBeat July 31, 2012 3 min Soon after Zynga’s crash-and-burn quarter reduced its stock to the $3 level, five legal firms have announced investigations into allegations of insider trading. The problem?... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development Sony’s Adam Boyes chases developers on new platforms Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 31, 2012 8 min Adam Boyes is helping Sony embrace the new social, mobile, and online side of the game industry. Continue Reading 8 min