Kongregate teaches gamers how to make their own games

Kongregate teaches gamers how to make their own games

Jim Greer, the chief executive of Kongregate, is greedy for games. His web site already has more than 8,000 games created by users and independent game developers. Now he has a scheme to get even more games on the site.

Today, the San Francisco company is… Continue Reading

Game social network Cafe.com opens up to developers

Game social network Cafe.com opens up to developers

Cafe.com, a social network for game playing, has opened its previously invite-only platform to all developers.

While most of the attention in the social games space is focused on bringing games to existing social networks (mainly Facebook), Cafe.com is going the opposite way by creating a… Continue Reading

Casual gaming worth $2.25 billion, and growing fast

Casual gaming worth $2.25 billion, and growing fast

While the enthusiast gaming market is somewhat stagnant, the casual gaming market is on a spurt, growing 20 percent each year. Casual games are smaller and cheaper to develop than blockbusters like Halo, but also less lucrative. However, while the profits from casual games appear… Continue Reading

Kongregate, the gaming Web site, raises $5 million

Kongregate, the gaming Web site, raises $5 million

Kongregate, a gaming Web site that targets young men and woos game developers with incentives, has raised over $5 million to support its growth.

It lets developers compete to create games, and rewards the best of them.

The San Francisco-based company launched publicly in March (our… Continue Reading

Kongregrate, the online social game hub

Kongregrate, the online social game hub

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Kongregate, of San Francisco, launches tomorrow with a host of Web games targeted at young males with social networking components pushing new bounds.

Kongregate is signifiacant because it targets a group that until now hasn’t been served by online social games. Social gaming has been the… Continue Reading

Roundup: Digg, MyBlogLog, Sling, Trumba, Kongregate & more

Roundup: Digg, MyBlogLog, Sling, Trumba, Kongregate & more

Silicon Valley never sleeps. Here’s the latest tech stuff:

Digg subverted — The news site that ranks stories based on how many users submit them, is being subverted by a group called Spike the Vote. It lets its members conspire to submit certain URLs of stories —… Continue Reading