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This week we saw Yahoo! and Zynga partner up to distribute social games across the Yahoo! network, American Idol announce their own Facebook game, EA Sports and Playfish launch FIFA Superstars just in time for the World Cup, Nexon (makers of Maplestory) revenues rise to over $500 million and more. We also wrote an examination …
The countdown is on to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and sports enthusiasts around the globe are gearing up. YouTube has been one of the epicenters of FIFA World Cup anticipation, with excitement building over the last couple of months as inspiring World Cup clips have been uploaded, one after the other. We’ve …
As we come to the end of the Mobile World Congress, this year’s ‘Best Mobile Phone’ has been announced: the little Three INQ1, the Facebook phone itself. Let’s take a look at how it won, and look forward to what will take its place next year… Three INQ1 – the Facebook phone is phone of …
Family Feud by iWin is a relatively new social game on Facebook that’s broken all the rules when it comes to best practices. The founder of iWin, David Fox, talked to us about the reasons that make this game a successful brand extension on Facebook, debunking the myth of branded IP’s failing on Facebook. The …
Yesterday, leading iPhone games developer ngmoco’s Jason Oberfest discussed Social Games Across Platforms with Kara Swisher, and revealed a lot of interesting insights about the challenges. He talked about payment systems, the split between ads and virtual goods, design decisions on the iPad and more. Read more below. Jason began by discussing that Apple’s move …
The second day of SGS2010 kicked off with Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed ventures moderating a panel of social gaming titans. Mark Skaggs of Zynga, Christa Quarles of Playdom, Peter Relan of YouWeb, and Sebastien De Halleux engaged in a lively discussion of how they keep players coming back and what they focus on to increase …
Game developers are on their toes as the distribution landscape continues to shift. How can a company jumpstart its game and gain strong distribution? Ro Choy moderated a panel today with Kavin Stewart of LOLapps, Jia Shen of RockYou, Keith Rabois of Slide, and Rex Ng of 6Waves, revealing insights into the gauntlet of virility, …
International opportunities in social gaming are increasing by the day. With Zynga threatening to leave Facebook, should others explore life outside of Facebook as well? How can developers leverage the experience and hard work of established companies in order to venture into foreign territory? Facebook’s international growth has inspired the likes of Mixi in Japan …