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Just one year ago it seemed that Facebook WAS gaming, but 12 months down the line and it looks as if playing games on the world’s leading social network is on the decline. A new report from IHS Screen Digest Media Research claims that at the end of 2010 around …
Read More »Facebook game boom is over, analyst claims
While Facebook grows, number of gamers remains stagnant
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Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Harnessing Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
Read More »GREE adds Asia devs to social games roster
12 games to be added to library following partnerships with Chinese and Korean studios
Read More »GREE announces a round of hiring for new studio
Mobile Social Games company to set up shop in the China Basin
Read More »Top five kids gaming sites’ share of TV ad market
Children’s social gaming sites such as Moshi Monsters accounted for almost ten per cent of all video game TV advertising last month. From January 1st to 22nd 2011 there were just two of these sites advertising on UK TV, Moshi Monsters and Fight My Monster.These accounted for 5.9 per cent, …
Read More »Casual Connect Asia to debut in May
Casual Games Association to take popular 'Connect' conference series to Singapore
Read More »70% of UK studios ‘have turned to digital’
Just ten per cent of start-ups focus solely on packaged games, Tiga research shows
Read More »Zynga ‘losing $150 on every new paying customer’ [Update]
Social games giant has 'spent $120 million on acquiring new users', claims analyst
Read More »Cave warns of potential shmup retreat
It looked as if the 2D shmup was enjoying a revival. But bad news from cult shmup developer Cave in Japan has asked new questions about the viability of the genre. Andrasang reports that Cave has revised its financial forecasts downwards. Having previously expected to make 10m for the six …
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