Entries in 'social' (79)
150m users for Bigpoint
Bigpoint, the games portal site and developer, has reached 150m registered users, an expansion of fifty per cent on the 100m users it had in January of this year.
DeNA buys ngmoco for $400m
Japanese social games firm DeNA is to acquire ngmoco for $400 million, the company has confirmed.
‘Game biz needs better role models’
The Brit behind one of the largest kids games sites in the world says the industry is short on business heroes.
Atari GO targets casual games success
The next stage in Atari’s most recent reinvention has been revealed. It’s called Atari GO, and it’s designed to help increase the publisher’s footprint in the growing casual games space.
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Coronation Street game hits Facebook
Long-running UK television soap Coronation Street is to become the first such programme to get its own dedicated social network game. Corrie Nation is to initially run on Facebook and ...
20% of US public has played a social network game
According to the findings of The NPD Group's new research report, titled Social Network Gaming, some 20 per cent of the US populace has spent time playing a social game.
Retail and downloads ‘are the same’
The reliance of traditional publishers on bricks and mortar business has left them powerless to fend off the advances of the growing advances of the social and browser game sector, ...
Now Google targets Ngmoco
Google Ventures, the venture capitalist arm of the internet company, has reportedly invested between $3-5m in successful iPhone games developer Ngmoco.
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Another ‘fresh start’ for Atari
The men currently guiding the troubled ship that is Atari have – once again – outlined the company’s intentions to navigate out of continuously troubled water and back into a ...
Disney acquires Playdom in $763m deal
Disney will acquire social games giant Playdom for a fee that could rise to $763.2 million.
Social games market to hit $1.5bn in 2014
The total value of the social network games market will reach $1.5bn by 2014, according to a new report from Screen Digest.
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FIFA heading to Facebook
EA has tasked Playfish with creating a Facebook game based on the super-lucrative FIFA franchise.
Publishers champion Facebook's marketing power
Games publishers are getting behind Facebook as a major marketing tool, enabling them to interact with millions of consumers directly.
GAME’s digital battle cry
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has outlined its ongoing strategy that it hopes will increase the amount of its revenue that stems from its digital business.
Apple risks developers' wrath
Apple can hardly be described as a developer’s closest friend at the best of times, but two key announcements that emerged from last night’s Apple iPhone OS4 preview are likely ...
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Bizarre backs Twitter as future of marketing
Leading UK development studio Bizarre Creations believes that rapidly growing social network sites could trigger a new world order in video game marketing.
Richard Garriott returns
Famed MMO creator and father of Ultima Online Rcichard Garriott has returned to the games industry after revealing that he’s one of the founder of social gaming startup Portalarium.
Microsoft linked to social gaming buyout
US news agency Bloomberg claims to have word that Xbox 360 and Windows platform holder Microsoft is one of a number of companies preparing to swoop for social games developer ...
Pirate Bay founder in new venture
One of the founders of controversial BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay has lifted the lid on a brand new venture named Flattr that hopes to make money for a wide ...
3D FPS coming to Facebook
Casual games are becoming increasingly popular. As a result, many devs hoping to make a standout product have been gradually complicating their titles. And thus we stand here today, faced ...
Xbox Facebook/Twitter age restriction lifted
Microsoft’s Major Nelson has confirmed that Xbox 360 users below the age of 18 and based outside the US are now able to use the console’s social networking features – ...
PS3 joins the Facebook party
With Microsoft’s social media bonanza due to hit Xbox 360 today – bringing with it integrated Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM functionality – Sony has announced a similar upgrade for PS3 ...
Meier reveals Civilization Network
One of the biggest franchises in strategy gaming is turning its attentions to the world of social networks with news that the free-to-play Civilization Network is heading to Facebook some ...
Glu loses Euro MD
Glu's EMEA managing director Frank Keeling has left the company, MCV's sister site ME has learned.
