Social Games

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• Pogo Puppies: A Well-Built Pet Game From Fuel and EA

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  When we did our review on the Fuel Industries game, Yack Attack , we stumbled across another title from the company called Pogo Puppies. The Facebook application was actually developed together with Electronic Arts ; more specifically, EA Pogo . As a matter of fact, this is one of a handful of games to be ...
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• Playdom Raising Big New Round

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  Social gaming company Playdom has been looking at raising a big round of funding since this spring, but now it is closing one worth up to $70 million at up to a $300 million valuation, industry sources tell us. The investors include NEA, we hear — although the company isn’t commenting. [Update: TechCrunch has ...
  10 hours ago

• With Hit Social Game Happy Aquarium, CrowdStar Steps Into the Spotlight

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  For those who haven’t been paying attention to social gaming recently, the newest hot genre of game is not mafia battles, nor farming, nor pet care, nor even running a virtual restaurant. No, it’s taking care of fish in a virtual aquarium. And if you’re a regular reader, you’ve watched more and more of these ...
  12 hours ago

• Vineyard Expansion

  
  MissTheda.com — Authority: 149
  I’m expanding my vineyard into a formal garden. Check back tomorrow to see what I do to the hedges…
  17 hours ago

• Ohai launches massively multiplayer online vampire game on Facebook

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• Easy Facebook Zynga Free Farmville Cheats, Hints, And Tricks

  
  Technology News — Authority: 128
  If you’re looking for farmville cheats, you might be a bit sad to learn that cheating in a game like Farmville is not even close to the same as in a traditional video game. The game is based around the idea of playing on a live server along with millions of other people. It’s a concept similar to World of ...
  23 hours ago

• Popcap Games’ Bejeweled Blitz: A Casual Game That Has Gotten Big and Social On Facebook

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  We’ve seen a number of casual gaming companies try to take their games from the web and desktop clients into Facebook, and one is standing out as a clear winner: Bejeweled Blitz , from Popcap Games. The game, already popular in web and download form, has been steadily growing , and recently reached more than 10 ...
  1 day ago

• Social Media Study: Women Like Brands, Love Virtual Currency

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  There’s no doubt that women are a big force in social gaming. But what are their actual habits? Q Interactive tries to answer that question with a 2,000 woman study it just released. Q’s main takeaways are that women tend to spend a lot of time on a small set of favorite games, and don’t seem to mind having ...
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• Tech Talk Around The Internets

  
  MissTheda.com — Authority: 149
  EA Drops $400 Mil for Playfish. The company is the second-most popular games-maker on Facebook after Zynga. Its games include Country Story, Pet Society, and Restaurant City. I’ve been waiting for this one. Starting tonight and tomorrow morning, users of Twiter and LinkedIn can sync their status updates. The ...
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• EA-Playfish: Social Gaming Deals Gain Buzz (BusinessWeek)

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 163
  Electronic Arts acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit
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• ScamVille, Facebook And The Poor Little Indian Farmer

  
  WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India — Authority: 556
  Post by Prateek Waghmare Over the last 10 days the internet is abuzz with stories of Scam Ads found in popular games from companies like Zynga (Farmville ring a bell?) For those that are unaware of how such games are monetized. Users are allowed to spend real world money to buy in game currency to level up and ...
  2 days ago

• Slide Gets Into the Virtual Aquarium Business with Top Fish

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  First, it was sheep-throwing, then it was mafia battles, then it was farming, and now it’s fishing and aquarium-caring. If one is to judge society by trends in popular social games, you’d think the world is becoming a more peaceful, meditative place. And we suppose the social gaming industry is meditative, when ...
  2 days ago

• Playfish COO: EA Acquisition Validates the Future of Virtual Goods in Social Games

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  Nearly a month ago, we first reported that gaming giant EA ( ERTS ) was looking to acquire large social game developer Playfish. Today, the deal was made official : EA is acquiring Playfish for $275 million in cash plus up to $125 million more in earnouts and equity retention bonuses. For those wanting validation ...
  2 days ago

• Top Game Growth Slows, More Companies Rise on This Week’s Top 20 List

  
  Inside Social Games — Authority: 665
  For whatever reason, some of the biggest games on Facebook seem to be growing slower this week versus last week , according to AppData . Specifically, the past few months have seen Zynga ’s FarmVille — and then Café World — gain millions of new users each week. But on today’s list of the top 20 ...
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• Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $400 million

  
  Games Galore — Authority: 126
  Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $400 millionPlayfish has confirmed their deal with Electronic Arts. EA is now acquiring Playfish for around USD 400 million. Playfish is known for their... .
  2 days ago

• Study shows women are loyal in social gaming

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 494
  A brand new study of more than 2,000 women show that they enjoy engaging with the brands while playing social games like Farmville and Causes. Women in the survey also show that they are passionate and competitive about (Lil) Green Patches and Happy Aquariums stocking up on virtual currency in the game. “As ...
  2 days ago

• Fish EAts fish

  
  Insert Coin — Authority: 103
  So, apparently EA has finally bought Playfish. And the giant of electronic entertainment is in social-facebook-whatever games business at once. I just hope they will let people at Playfish (which makes good facebook games, exploring the implication of social interactions in a network of friends) free to continue ...
  2 days ago

• EA Acquires Playfish

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 141
  EA acquires social games startup Playfish , #2 behind Zynga , for US$ 300M, plus a US$ 100M earnout ; http://j.mp/4gt4By
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• Electronic Arts Acquires Playfish For Up To $400 Million

  
  SocialTimes.com — Authority: 504
  There have been rumors circulating over the past month about Playfish, the second largest Facebook Platform developer, being acquired by Electronic Arts. This morning the news was confirmed via a press release stating that: EA has acquired Playfish for approximately US$275 million in cash and approximately $US25 ...
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