The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012

The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.

PlayPhone quadruples its mobile social gaming network users in six months

PlayPhone, a startup that has created a mobile social gaming network, says it has grown its users from 1 million monthly active fans to 4 million in the past half year.

PlayPhone enables instant multiplayer across Android and iOS devices (exclusive)

PlayPhone is announcing a technology today that will enable instant multiplayer gaming across iOS and Android devices. The technology will be part of the company’s mobile social gaming network and is now available for developers to implement in their games.…