London devs TeePee signed to build Facebook portal and Android app
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Havok on harnessing social media
Daily advice on job hunting from the industry's top companies. Today: tips from Havok on using social media to get a job
Read More »Microsoft teams up with casual dev Arkadium
New York based casual and social games developer Arkadium has signed a strategic multi-year, multi-game partnership” with Xbox and Windows platform holder Microsoft. The studio’s titles reach an audience of over 10m users each month on Facebook and other social gaming sites. It claims to have the largest Flash games …
Read More »Time called on Shenmue mobile game
Not only are hopes of Shenmue 3 still dead in the balance, but now the newest Shenmue title to hit the market has been scrapped. Launched in December 2010 in Japan, Ysnet’s Shenmue World was a social game for mobile phones. However, Andriasang reports that Ysnet announced its surprise closure …
Read More »EA acquires KlickNation for BioWare social gaming push
Age of Champions and Six Sun Galaxy developer KlickNation has been acquired and renamed by EA. It will now be known as BioWare Sacramento and will be the latest weapons in BioWare’s growing social gaming push. In combination with Dragon Age Legends and Mirror’s edge 2D developer BioWare San Francisco, …
Read More »PopCap: 120m people play social games
More people are playing social games than ever before, says PopCap. The casual giant found that 71 per cent more play social games today compared to last year – 120m players in total. Plus, the number of ‘avid’ social game players have more than doubled from seven per cent in …
Read More »Indie studio becomes BBC’s new neighbour
New outfit Yippee to focus on casual and social titles
Read More »‘Facebook to become biggest multiplayer platform’
Core gamer conversion rate of paying users above 10% on new title, says Supercell CEO
Read More »The promiscuous hardcore gamer
Consoles need to take more advantage of the hardcore social gamer, writes Rick Gibson
Read More »$1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round
Each studio given $250,000 to build mobile and social games
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