The social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the year was also a big one for acquisitions, particularly as big companies such as Electronic Arts …
In partnership with the Humane Society, MindJolt SGN is launching a new game built around rescuing pets called Fluff Friends Rescue.
The iOS game lets users grasp the real-world challenges of rescuing pets by having them set up a rescue …
Zynga keeps spreading its bets around. It announced today that it is launching its Hanging With Friends game to Android mobile devices. The title is the fifth that the social game maker has launched on Android in recent months.
The …
MindJolt got a lot of goodness with its acquisition of mobile game maker SGN back in April. Mobile game revenues now account for a third of MindJolt’s revenue and the company recently released five more mobile games.
The results show …
Even high-quality games are still getting lost amid the thousands of apps on the various mobile app stores.
Getting your app discovered is still a lot harder to do on a mobile platform than it is on a social game …
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed.
As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was all about the wide-open battle for control of the emerging mobile gaming market. …
Online gamers should on average generate $3 of value per hour, regardless of the game they are playing — and game designers should aim for that target, according to Bing Gordon, partner with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & …
MindJolt, a social game company headed by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has launched its first its first social gaming project built by a company it acquired in April.
The company has released “Mini Café,” a social game built for the …
MindJolt, the social game company headed by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has added a mobile veteran to its staff in a move to expand to mobile social games.
Ulf Waschbusch (pictured), who recently served as chief product officer of Garena, …
