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Playfish man Dan Borthwick to lead dev studio
Read More »Playfish GM Earner quits
John Earner, the Playfish executive who spearheaded breakthrough games Pet Society and Restaurant City, is believed to have left parent company EA. The young games exec will join investment group Accel Partners, according to aTech Crunch report.EA has yet to comment on the matter. If true, Earner’s departure would follow …
Read More »EA ‘loses Playfish Euro GM John Earner’
About ten senior EA execs have departed in the past twelve months
Read More »Recruitment Spotlight – January 2012
Our monthly studio recruitment update looks at Codemasters, Playfish and West Pier
Read More »EA’s Segerstrale to replace latest Zynga defector
Playfish boss becomes EVP of digital as Cottle quits for rival
Read More »Facebook games giants ‘suffer activity decline’
'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network
Read More »Zynga on the ropes as Sims Social hits 50m
But Cityville firm strikes back in new Facebook 'brand wars'
Read More »OPINION: Sims topples Zynga, and EA’s future is sealed
After nearly veering off the rails, the reinvented publisher may have finally found light at the end of the tunnel
Read More »Mobile start-ups ‘can now compete with big companies’
Playfish boss says new smartphone studios have a huge opportunity to be successful
Read More »The Sims Social goes live
The game that many think could be EA’s killer social gaming IP is out of beta and has gone live. The publisher says that the free-to-play Facebook game already has just short of 5m monthly active users. The game itself, which was developed by EA-owned studio Playfish, combines the iconic …
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