Betable’s disruptive tactics cause a smackdown debate among online casino game makers

By enabling social casino game makers to enter real-money gambling in the UK, Betable has angered real-money online gambling firms.

The big debate about the blurring of social casino games and online gambling

Our panel at the Social Casino Summit covered everything from regulating social casino games to the disruption of gambling.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ bankrupt, Machinima downsizes, and Shaq is back

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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.…

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 …

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 …

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 …