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Facebook has put together a dedicated team to work alongside social games developers throughout Europe. The social platform already has a US team, and now looks to expand into what Facebook’s director of EMEA business development and partnershipsChristian Hernandez described to The Guardian as"the most interesting region in terms of …
Read More »New Facebook tweaks to boost games
Facebook has added new features to its interface to get more people discovering and playing its social and browser games. The gaming activity of users’ friends are now combined into one list that appears in the news feed, listing the titles that people have been playing. This has also been …
Read More »Facebook currency takes to the web
External gaming sites begin trial of Facebook Credits
Read More »Zynga to establish new standalone platform
Social gaming powerhouse Zynga has unveiled plans to take its games beyond Facebook to a dedicated online portal. Currently titled Zynga Direct, the new platform will be a standalone community separate from Facebook that will act as a hub for all of the company’s titles, according to Gamasutra. It claims …
Read More »Facebook Credits revenue ‘triples to $500m’
Social networking giant's mandatory 30% cut begins to pay off, analyst claims
Read More »Is this the solution to Facebook fragmentation?
Applifier launches discoverability tool for games on the social network
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