Want to make your online chats with friends and family more fun and interactive? Check out this cool new app for social games. Video chats are a great way to stay in touch, but a call is just that: a call. It’s time to make online social experiences more interactive, and that’s where SeeYoo mobile […]
The most popular online social games in the United States have been entertaining people for years. The thing about online games is that there are plenty of them these days, so whether it’s playing with friends or family, you’ll find games to keep you busy. So, if you are looking for such titles to enjoy, […]
Microsoft’s next big game buy could be aimed at a wider, more casual audience. Talk with Bloomberg at the Paley International Council Summit, Spencer explained that there is no “quota” and that it’s all about the right fit. Spencer did note, however, that he wanted more casual and social games on Xbox. “When I think […]
Join Gaming Leaders, Alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for Their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 from January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Far raised $21 million to enable blockchain games with player-driven economies. Not bad for a company that started in June. Miami-based Faraway is […]
Join Gaming Leaders Alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming for Their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 from January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Boom Corp.. raised $1.8 million in seed funding to develop social games that bring people together, much like the company’s first title, Boom […]
VANCOUVER, BC, June 22, 2021 /CNW/ – LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) (OTC: LEMLF) (“LEAF“or the”Society“) from Canada leader in free-to-play mobile games, announces that following its press release on March 9, 2021it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Truly Social Games (“GST“), an innovative mobile game developer and publisher headquartered in Vancouver, […]
Join Gaming Leaders, Alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for Their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 from January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Interactive Quicksave, a new game studio in Helsinki, has raised $1.3 million to create HTML5-based social games that can reach users on any […]
Loose Leaf has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Canadian mobile specialist Truly Social Games. The letter is non-binding. However, the proposed transaction will not exceed C$37 million ($29 million). It is said that the transaction will be divided into three tranches, to be completed over a period of 42 months. Additionally, the […]
VANCOUVER, BC, March 9, 2021 /CNW/ – LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) (“LEAF“or the”Society“), from Canada leader in free-to-play mobile gaming, announces that the company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the “Letter of Intent“) to acquire Truly Social Games (“GST“), an innovative mobile game developer and publisher headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada. […]
The noise surrounding gaming titles like PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile often makes us forget about the first few games Indians played on their smartphones. Before Battle Royale became a thing, there were games like Bombsquad and Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia, but even before they became popular, card games were what found […]
Join Gaming Leaders, Alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for Their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 from January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. The pandemic has happened to all of us. And while the initial sense that we were all in this together crumbled in the […]
Join Gaming Leaders, Alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for Their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 from January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. PlayKids, a global Movile Group company based in Brazil, has opened its new Afterverse division to create social games for all ages. Although […]
The rise of social media has made social gaming so famous that social gaming attracts hundreds of thousands of online gamers every day. This is probably because most social games are quite simple and easy to play, but mostly, not required. People can revisit their gameplay anytime, just like they can visit their favorite social […]
There is one week left until Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital, which will take place from September 14 to 18. Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital will continue our series of successful digital events. Again, we’ll have great panels, interesting discussions and side events, and we’ve improved the meeting system since our last visit. The number […]
Staying indoors has been the new release for the past few months. While these lifestyle changes didn’t happen to us by choice, they did help open our eyes to a world of opportunity in cyberspace. In addition to the obvious apps like Zoom and social media, there are plenty of online social games we can […]
Al Woods words Technology has changed our lives as we know them. Did you know that you can now visit the interior of the houses you want to buy and walk around them thanks to augmented reality? You can also go shopping by downloading an application on your phone. Everything is so advanced for our […]
Toya is a game studio that makes social games in addition to Roblox, but it’s different because it makes games for girls and women. Roblox has 115 million monthly active players, and people engage in it over 1.5 billion hours per month. Top games get over a billion games, and so it’s no surprise that […]
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Consulting firm Sparks Advisory explains the role of casual and social games in changing the industry’s perception from hardcore gaming to entertainment Words from Dina Niron, Founder and CEO When social games first came out, most real money gambling operators were more than skeptical, to say the least, about their value. Hardly anyone believed there […]
Zynga headquarters in San Francisco Getty Images It wasn’t too long ago that Facebook friends were doing great digital business trading crops on Zynga’s “FarmVille.” Today, many of these areas lie fallow as social gaming is stuck in a protracted decline, even as the overall digital video game industry booms. Social gaming app revenue fell […]
Sure, you love matching little candies with each other or spelling words with your friends. But New Jersey gambling regulators want to let you do it for real money. The state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement said it is seeking proposals from game developers to host real-money betting on skill-based games, which would make New Jersey […]
by Justin Garrett, Senior Product Manager, Internet Explorer hi5 wants its customers to stay connected with friends and content at all times. By leveraging a new set of tools with Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7, hi5 has extended social gaming beyond the browser with new Pinned site features: hi5 also saw results that indicated […]
A social gaming variant of these types of toy machines may soon be illegal in Japan. Many in and around the video game industry have long worried about how many social games seem designed to encourage compulsive spending on digital gadgets rather than strategic gameplay decisions. Now, the Japanese government looks set to crack down […]
Spil Games sees growing girls aged 8-12 turning to online games The gaming world has changed over the past five years to show that tweens want to have fun. A recent report released today by Spil Games shows that the time tween girls (ages 8-12) spend playing games per month has more than doubled over […]
Social games continued to grow in popularity in 2011, so much so that PopCap’s November study found that 120 million people in the US and UK play social games at least once a week, of which 81 million play at least once a day. In terms of year-over-year growth, this is a 71% increase over […]
SEATTLE & DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video games, today released the results of a survey updating a 2010 report targeting social gamers in the US and UK. The survey found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, up 71%. Among other findings […]
One of the biggest trends on the internet over the past 3 years has been the rise of social gaming. Much of Facebook’s growth has come from these games, and some of the largest and most valuable Internet companies are social game companies. But are social games really something new? And what kind of social […]
Only five of Facebook’s Top 100 apps are synchronous games – allowing users to interact in real time – and of these only one is in the Top 25 – Zynga Poker. Every week, it seems, a new “social” game comes out with another version of the same asynchronous mechanics we’ve seen hundreds of times […]
“Cow Clicker” is a parody Facebook game where you click cows to earn the right to click more cows. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Interest in social games, such as Facebook’s “FarmVille,” may decline Some Experts Say Social Media Games Put Business Concerns Before Artistic Concerns Zynga designer: social games “emphasize fun and playability” rather than complex technology […]
Social games are nothing new, they are just games you play with other people. Social games started about 5000 years ago. With the help of the Disruptor Beam team, we’ve put together a small chart that traces the history of social games from its origins in ancient Egypt to the present day. I use the […]