Kixeye has also hired a general manager from Kabam.
Kixeye claims that it is actually Zynga that is attempting to steal trade secrets.
At first glance, Kixeye looks puny as a social gaming company on Facebook. It has only 4.6 million users compared to Zynga‘s more than 240 million monthly active users.
But the San Francisco company has become a financial juggernaut because …
Kixeye, a developer of social games on Facebook for core gamers, announced today that it has raised $18 million in its third round of funding led by Jafco Ventures.
While Zynga has become an incredibly profitable company by appealing to …
Facebook game makers frequently each other of copy-catting games. The latest accusation comes from Kixeye, which says that heavily-funded Kabam has blatantly copied Kixeye’s big hit Backyard Monsters.
Kixeye, which is growing fast thanks to the popularity of its Battle …
Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label at Electronic Arts, is responsible for taking the battle to EA’s arch rival, Activision Blizzard, in a big way this fall with the coming launch of Battlefield 3. That’s a heavy burden, …
Kixeye, once known as Casual Collective, has pivoted in a big way into social games on Facebook for hardcore gamers. That’s a market that has been ignored by dominant social game firm Zynga, and it may prove to be a …
