Facebook Games

Single-column Timeline rollout complete, FB helps devs use "Sections" for apps

Facebook has announced that the rollout of the cleaned up version of the Timeline is now complete. The design that was first revealed back in March is now

Looking for a comeback, Zynga embraces austerity and FarmVille

In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions...

Zynga shuts down four games, launches Draw Something 2

Zynga has announced that it is shutting down some of its games, attempting "doubling down on big bets". This essentially means that the company is going

EA to shut down three Facebook games developed by Maxis

Electronic Arts is shutting down some of its Facebook games. The company has announced on its website that it will be shutting down The Sims Social...

Plants vs. Zombies coming to Facebook soon

Here's something that could be good or bad news for Plants vs. Zombies junkies. PopCap Games is bringing the tower defense game to Facebook as a social...

Play this Facebook game to support women's rights in the real world

After growing crops and indulging in gang wars on Facebook, here comes a game that will actually help you make a difference to the real world on the sensitive subject of women’s rights...

Facebook to let you promote your friends' post for $7

Facebook users will soon be able to promote their friends' posts the same way they can promote theirs, by paying $7.

More action, battle games coming to Facebook soon

When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-based startup felt sure it had a...

Asia's virtual masters eye Zynga's real lunch

A decade ago, a developer from Korean gamemaker Nexon threw a few lines of code together to create an image of a flower to present to his girlfriend...

Facebook lets U.S. users pay to boost visibility of postings

Facebook Inc is letting users in the United States pay a fee to boost the visibility of their postings on the social network, the company's latest effort ...