iPhone game developers cooperate to build audiences

iPhone game developers cooperate to build audiences

If you can create hit games on the iPhone, you can make a much bigger impact and more money by sharing your audience with other game developers who need to get their games noticed.

Social Gaming Network, whose iBowl and iBaseball games are popular on the… Continue Reading

Scoreloop launches social game platform for iPhone

Scoreloop launches social game platform for iPhone

So many people are creating games for the iPhone that there’s cottage industry emerging to help them create their applications more easily.

The latest is Scoreloop, a Munich, Germany-based startup that has created a platform for developers to build social features into iPhone games. Today, the… Continue Reading

GamesBeat 09: More great speakers lined up

GamesBeat 09: More great speakers lined up

As the March 24 GamesBeat 2009 games conference draws near, we’re unveiling a new list of speakers. We’re proud to say that some of the biggest names in the gaming world are joining us for the program. Tickets are still available.

Chris Taylor (right), founder of Gas… Continue Reading

SGN launches its mafia game for the iPhone

SGN launches its mafia game for the iPhone

Social Gaming Network is joining the mafia game fray on the iPhone today with the launch of Mafia: Respect & Retribution.

The social networking game has 3-D graphics and location-based gameplay. Players complete various jobs in either real-world locations or on the iPhone or iPod Touch… Continue Reading

CasualCafe to launch Facebook games for casual players

CasualCafe to launch Facebook games for casual players

CasualCafe has joined the ranks of game companies looking to make a fortune with games on Facebook. The Los Angeles company has launched its first two games, Spyde Solitaire and Burdaloo, for Facebook and is showing them off at Facebook’s F8 development conference.

Michael Scholz founded… Continue Reading

Zynga and SGN launch ad networks for game developers on social networks

Zynga and SGN launch ad networks for game developers on social networks

Want to play more games on Facebook? Well, some fast-moving start-ups are banking on it — and are enticing you to play new games by luring you with advertising. It’s the latest way entrepreneur are trying to make a buck on the tens of millions… Continue Reading

Actually, social networks and their widgets are making money, thanks

Actually, social networks and their widgets are making money, thanks

Skeptics of social networks like Facebook and MySpace and their ability to produce value for advertisers gleefully pointed to more evidence last week: Google said its keyword advertising program on MySpace isn’t making as much money as Google had hoped.

“So what?” is the response I… Continue Reading