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Social networking site Facebook has allowed advertising for a new piracy-enabling R4-style card on its pages. Ads for the DSTT card appear on profiles of subscribers to the site who have shown an interest in gaming. Like the R4, the DSTT allows consumers to download pirated DS games via a …
Read More »Facebook may open info floodgates to developers
Social networking giant set to announce new measures that will give developers unprecedented levels of data
Read More »Pirate Bay sails onto Facebook
Whilst the three men behind BitTorrent portal Pirate Bay are still awaiting the final decision in their Swedish court case, the site itself continues to expand with the launch of a new Facebook-specific widget. TechRadar reports that users are now able to click on a new button that offers a …
Read More »‘Your platforms are not working,’ Young tells Sony and Nokia
GDC 09: SCEA, Facebook, MySpace, Apple and N-Gage format holders lock horns
Read More »Gaming on the agenda at Social Networking World Forum
Speakers to address multi-platform potential of social networking sites
Read More »Dojo gaming platform launched for mobiles
Social gaming widget to unite mobile and PC internet users
Read More »UK devs reach Facebook competition final
UK development outfit The Games Company has reached the final stages of a high-profile games design competition on Facebook – and now it’s urging its UK contemporaries to come out in support. To read the full story, head on over to MCV’s development-orientated sister magazine Develop.
Read More »The Game Creators reach Facebook final
UK devs see Facebook app â??Social Arcadeâ?? reach games competition finals; asks industry for support
Read More »Facebook microtransactions outrage gamers
The future of Facebook as a viable, and more importantly profitable, platform for gaming has been drawn into question after the developers of one popular title suffered a scathing attack from fans after introducing micropayments. PackRat sees gamers receive a number of cards, with additional cards being acquired by stealing …
Read More »Playfish bags $17m VC funding
London HQ'd developer plans to 'become the leading company in social games'
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