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Studio claims monthy actives users makes it second largest social game developer in the world

Social gaming firm rumoured to float; Now valued between $15bn and $20bn

George Hotz, the man best known for crippling the security measures seen in the likes of the iPhone and PS3, has reportedly got a job with social networking giant Facebook. TechUnwrapped reports that he joined the company on June 17th. "Facebook is really an amazing place to work…first hackathon over," …

Develop speaks to Adotomi, creators of a new developer API for Facebook

Cowen & Company’s Doug Creutz has predicted that EA will slip drop a place in the casual and social games market within the next few weeks, with German company Wooga overtaking it in terms of active monthly users. "EA’s user base continues to decline," a note to investors claims. "Over …

UK social games company takes home at 'Silicon Roundabout'

Zynga has struck gold again with Empires & Allies, it’s latest Facebook title. The free-to-play strategy game has attracted just under 33m active users in its first three weeks, according to GamesIndustry. It is currently averaging at 6.5m users per day, and had a userbase of 10m just nine days …

Zynga has taken legal action on Vostu for allegedly copying the design and content of a number of its games. The former claims its mega successful Facebook game CityVille has been replicated unashamedly by Brazilian firm Vostu in the form of MegaCity, reports TechCrunch. Let’s be clear – it is …

Is there proof of a core appetite for Facebook gaming? Games Investor Consulting's Nick Gibson examines the issue...

One of the PC’s biggest boxed gaming franchises of all time – The Sims – is now heading to Facebook. EA’s colossal life simulation franchise will launch on the social network this summer in the form of The Sims Social. Players will be able to create their own sim, build …