GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline

June 29, 2012 12:37 PM Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Jasmine Maleficent Rea

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

Sulake un-mutes Habbo Hotel in select countries for first time since sex scandal

June 25, 2012 4:30 PM Evan Killham
Evan Killham

Habbo Hotel, a social game for teens, is back online in three countries after shutting down amidst reports of pornographic chat targeted at underage users.

Habbo’s woes continue with threat of regulation and loss of retailer support

June 13, 2012 3:44 PM Evan Killham
Evan Killham

Teen-focused online social hub Habbo now faces possible action from the European Commission (the executive division of the European Union) due to allegations of unmoderated sexual chats in the virtual game space.

Investor drops support for teen social game after allegations of sexual chats

June 12, 2012 11:51 AM Mike Minotti
Mike Minotti

Venture capital firm Balderton has pulled support for Habbo, an online social game targeted toward younger audiences, after allegations that pornographic chatting was taking place in the title's virtual world.

Grand Cru raises $2M to build free-to-play Supernauts superhero game

March 20, 2012 4:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Grand Cru is announcing today it has raised $2 million in seed funding to build a kids online adventure game called Supernauts.

The company is entering a crowded field, but Grand Cru chief executive Markus Pasula said in an interview …

Sulake CEO discusses Niko, Habbo Hotel and the drive to move audiences across platforms

January 19, 2012 8:24 PM Dan Crawley
Dan Crawley

With over 10 million unique visitors a month, Habbo Hotel is the world’s largest game and online community for teenagers, with users in over 150 countries. With parent company Sulake releasing Niko, its second iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) game, …