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• Bets on casual games are paying off

  
  Inorganic Growth — Authority: 121
  -Contact: Thomas Rasmussen , Brenon Daly Fittingly enough, on the one-year anniversary of our piece predicting continued consolidation of the social and casual gaming space, Electronic Arts announced the industry’s largest acquisition. The Redwood City, California-based videogame giant acquired Playfish on ...
  3 days ago

• Zynga’s Next Facebook Game: PetVille?

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 168
  Oops, they did it again: popular Facebook games maker Zynga last month trademarked the name FishVill read more
  1 week ago

• Virtual Goods, Offers, and Scams: Part 1

  
  ReveNews — Authority: 459
  There’s been alot of hype and debate around the concepts of virtual goods and offers due to a few high flying companies which have been media darlings. The highest profile company in question is Zynga, athough other social gaming sites and social networks have employed similar tactics. All have enormous user bases ...
  1 week ago

• Virtual Goods, Offers, and Scams: Part 1

  
  Affiliate Marketing | Affiliate Networks — Authority: 144
  There’s been alot of hype and debate around the concepts of virtual goods and offers due to a few high flying companies which have been media darlings. The highest profile company in question is Zynga, athough other social gaming sites and social networks have employed similar tactics. All have enormous user bases ...
  1 week ago

• Norwest Raises Capital for Tech Start-ups

  
  Virtual Worlds News — Authority: 463
  Not every virtual world or social games start-up looks for or accepts venture capital. Some are boot-strapped in a way for business owners to retain maximum ownership; however there are plenty who seek capital in order to more rapidly scale. For the latter group, todays news that venture fund Norwest Venture Partners ...
  1 week ago

• Gravity Bear unveils its first social fighting game on Facebook

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  Game startup Gravity Bear is unveiling its first original game for Facebook today. Battle Punks is a “3-D social game” that will debut this holiday season.The game is set in a variety of fantasy locations, combining in-depth game design with social networking. As such, it’s one of a new generation of Facebook ...
  1 week ago

• Virtual goods starting to bring in real paydays

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  ... or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a ... goods, including Zynga, Playfish and Playdom, three online gaming startups in the San Francisco area, say ...
  1 week ago

• Zynga raises $15m, continues social gaming momentum

  
  Tech Blog — Authority: 574
  Zynga, the largest social gaming company, has raised an additional $15m in funding, in yet another sign that this nascent industry has quickly become big business in the Valley.The San Francisco company, which operates games on Facebook, MySpace, and Apple devices, has attracted nearly 200m monthly users to its ...
  1 week ago

• Announcing new DiscoveryBeat speakers: Smule, Playdom and Moderati

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  We’re pleased to announce a trio of new speakers for our DiscoveryBeat event on how to get your apps noticed. Our newest speakers at the Dec. 8 event include Ge Wang, the co-founder, chief technology officer, and chief creative officer at iPhone app developer Smule. We’re delighted because Smule has popularized ...
  1 week ago

• Playdom Raises $43 Million, Receives $260 Million Valuation, Buys Out Trippert Labs and Green Patch Inc.

  
  Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — Authority: 490
  Playdom is one of the biggest competitors of Playfish, a virtual application company that was acquired by EA for $400 million earlier this week . Given that Playdom is one of the very few remaining large virtual application companies, investors want to get in on their business model. Playdom raised $43 million ...
  1 week ago

• Social Games Firm Playdom Acquires Green Patch, Trippert Labs

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 593
  Mountain View,Calif. - A day after it raised$43 million in new financing, social games developer Playdom announced that ithas acquired Facebook game developer Green Patch, and iPhone and social gamedeveloper Trippert Labs. read more
  1 week ago

• "Playdom’s Big Round Fuels First Two Acquisitions: iPhone, Facebook Game Developers" and related posts

  
  DesiTonic : Spice Your Life With Daily Digital Doze — Authority: 156
  mocoNews Fresh off a $43 million first round of funding, comes news that social gamer Playdom has made its first two acquisitions: Facebook game developer Green Patch and iPhone game developer Trippert Labs. Playdom Buys Green Patch and Trippert Labs — On the Way to IPO? See the original post here: "Playdom’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Playdom exec: Social gaming to look a lot more like Hollywood

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 168
  After raising $43 million in venture funding and acquiring two smaller companies, its no surprise that Playdoms days of running like a Web start-up are numbered.
  2 weeks ago

• Playdom Secures $43 Million In Funding

  
  Social Networking Watch — Authority: 131
  TECH CRUNCH – Nov 11 – Playdom , atop social gaming developer, has signed a $43 million deal based on a$260 million pre-money valuation. This is their first round ofoutside funding. Playdom has 28 million monthly subscribers, 60% ofwhich are from MySpace and 40% are from Facebook. 70% of theirrevenue comes from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Playdom Raises $43 Million for Social Online Games

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 593
  Mountain View,Calif. - Playdom, a developer ofonline games for social networks whose titles include "Mobsters," hasraised a $43 million first round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates, TechCrunchreported. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 903
  It’s only a day after one of the big three social game developers, Playfish , announced a $400 million acquisition . And today we’ve confirmed that another one, Playdom, has done its own massive deal: $43 million on a $260 million pre-money valuation. New Enterprise Associates , Rick Thompson , Lightspeed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 436
  Image via CrunchBase Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist. These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Money Is In ‘Virtual Possessions’ Now.

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  There seems to be an all new trend in the field of online shopping and that is the purchase of virtual items, that decorate your social network profiles, e-mail inbox, IM chat windows etc., instead of beautifying your living room. That’s right, nowadays users are more than willing to buy wines, e-cards, toys and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Casual Gamers Scammed By Web Game Apps

  
  GayGamer.net — Authority: 554
  Yesterday when I logged onto my Facebook account I noticed yet another invitation to Farmville : The Farming Game! I let out a winded sigh and proceeded to delete the invitation. When I first signed up for Facebook, I quickly began to notice the incessant flow of ads for games and applications. Now, I can understand ...
  2 weeks ago

• Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  ... or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a ... goods, including Zynga, Playfish and Playdom, three online gaming start-ups in the San Francisco area, say ...
  2 weeks ago

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