MindJolt teams up with Humane Society in Fluff Friends Rescue iPhone game

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 operation, nursing animals back to health and running an animal shelter.

The game is the first created by the former SGN game studio in Argentina under the full direction of the Los Angeles-based MindJolt management … Continue Reading

Will they laugh this time? Shervin Pishevar predicts social mobile games to dwarf Facebook games

As the founder of Social Gaming Network, Shervin Pishevar squared off against Zynga in the early days of social gaming. But Pishevar veered off into iPhone gaming while Mark Pincus stayed put on Facebook with social games.

The consequences of that competitive battle have played out. Zynga went public at a $10 billion valuation yesterday, while MindJolt acquired SGN for a much lower price in April. But Pishevar isn’t bitter. He offered his congratulations to … Continue Reading

MindJolt gets a third of its revenues from social mobile games

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 that MindJolt is well on its way to having three legs of a stool in terms of business diversification, with businesses focused on Facebook, the web and mobile. Altogether, MindJolt’s games have been installed more … Continue Reading

Social gaming company MindJolt’s recent buy churns out its first social game

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 iPhone, iPad and iPhone Touch. The game basically revolves around running a restaurant and keeping customers satisfied to increase the restaurant’s reputation. Mini Café players can invite their Facebook friends to their restaurants and “treat … Continue Reading