Facebook outlines the opportunities in social games
Social games are more popular than ever, with new genres emerging, says Facebook's Sarah Brooks.
Zynga’s looking for someone to create its real-money poker platform
Social game giant Zynga is looking to get into real-money online gambling, and it's looking for someone to help build the platform for it.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, game startups in Estonia, and more
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.
DeNA’s Neil Young: You have to ‘iterate the f*** out of your products’ to win (interview)
Will DeNA's success in Japan, where mobile gaming has exploded, repeat itself in the U.S. as smartphone and tablet games come to the fore? And will DeNA-Ngmoco be able to outmaneuver rivals such as Zynga, Electronic Arts, and Gree?
Earnings preview: Game makers to see mixed second quarter
Financial analysts at Robert W. Baird & Co. predict how well video game publishers performed this fiscal quarter ahead of earnings reports.
Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)
Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.
Zynga designers help Pulitzer Prize winners create social charity game
Zynga announced today that it's lending out its game developers to help create a social charity game on Facebook.
Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery
Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker...
Some Facebook games no longer ask permission to access your profile information
Zynga, Kixeye, and Electronic Arts have worked a deal with Facebook to allow users to start playing their games without having to agree to any dialogue boxes.
Zynga’s David Ko: Crossing over into mobile is the path to a billion gamers (interview)
Mark Pincus wants Zynga to reach a billion players. Facebook has been good to Zynga over the past five years, but the social network...