Social Gaming

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...

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...

Tokyo Game Show focuses on social, smartphones

It's not quite game over at the annual Tokyo Game Show opening Thursday, but with smartphones, tablets and other computer-like devices...

Hottest Tech Careers - Part 1

As we move towards a more connected world, traditional job roles are being augmented by new, emerging functions, but not everyone is well equipped to take...

Facebook App Centre now available worldwide

Last month, Facebook had announced the start of the global rollout of App Center. Now, the news has it that all its 955 million monthly active...

Facebook App Center launches in India

The Facebook App Center is finally available in India. App Center makes it easy to find apps through your friends, and gives apps another way to

Madison Avenue turns to social game advertising

Self magazine Publisher Laura McEwen sits in her office in the posh Conde Nast building overlooking New York's Times Square and does nothing but play video games for at least an hour or two a day.

Video game industry looks for new plan to reach players

The $64 billion global video games industry, shaken up by the likes of Zynga in recent years, may be on the verge of another identity crisis.Hardware and ...

Zynga creates their own social gaming platform

Zynga and Facebook have had a symbiotic relationship, so much so that Facebook even explained its relationship ...