Tag Archives: social games

We checked up on the owners of Habbo Hotel to see why their clients continue to return

Aaron Lee ponders the merits of educational titles with a social hook

Online portals have and will continue to be hacked, says industry veteran

â??Sense of panicâ?? from publishers trying to buy into a sector of ever-limiting space to grow, says experienced dev

PopCap boss Jason Kapalka shares secrets of the social groupâ??s success

Analysts EEDAR warn that the days of social gaming may be over, with Cloud Gaming set to take its place. EEDAR CEO Greg Short told the attendees at GDC Europe today, that "he doesn’t know why people are spending half a billion" on social gaming companies. "Cloud gaming could completely …

Nicholas Lovell on why developers should begin self-publishing

Google is buying social games developer Slide in a $182m deal to be announced on Friday, according to a source at news site TechCrunch. The move comes as part of the search engine site’s ongoing attempts to set up a social games strategy capable of rivaling Facebook. Google has previously …

Facebook may lead the pack, but once-dominant social network beefs up dev strategy with game SDK and more

If you’re one of those people in the UK games trade that thinks there is nothing to learn from Facebook games, then think again. The social networking site hosted one of the GDC opening keynotes today, showing how social features and identity sharing is changing the way games are designed …