After last year’s boom, social casino games remain strong

Social casino games acquired by gambling companies are generating huge revenues even after the deals are done.

Facebook touts why its social network makes mobile games better

The giant social network claims that players who find games on Facebook spend more time in the corresponding apps and are more likely to spend money on those titles.

GamesBeat weekly news roundup

Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now, particularly when the stories are mainly of interest to game readers. The broader interest stories are …

Zynga CEO: We aren’t the copycats on Bingo social game (exclusive interview)

Mark Pincus, chief executive of social gaming giant Zynga, denied that Zynga copied a rival’s Bingo game on Facebook. Instead, he said in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat that the accuser in this case borrowed from Zynga.

On Sunday, Buffalo …

Buffalo Studios blasts Zynga for copying Bingo Blitz social game

Nimblebit drew some blood last week when the developer of Tiny Tower cast a stone at Zynga, via an infographic, for copying Tiny Tower in an upcoming mobile game called Dream Heights.

Buffalo Studios is using the same tactic tonight …