Super Rewards’ advertising offers come to Twitter games
As inevitable as spammy invites, advertising offers are now coming to games that use Twitter. Super Rewards, a leading provider of offers for games on Facebook and other social networks, is launching its service with 140 Mafia, a mafia-style Twitter role playing game.
Just like… Continue Reading
Facebook platform developers could see $500M in revenue this year
A growing number of game makers on Facebook are making money from virtual goods — from poker chips to virtual clothes that users can buy or earn while playing gaming applications with their friends on Facebook. The combined ecosystem of these game developers and other… Continue Reading
Super Rewards brings its offer-based virtual currency to the web (what’s it worth?)
Super Rewards is expanding its virtual currency from social networking applications to the entire web today. So far, this currency has been a good way to make money for social networking applications like Mob Wars (pictured) — some apps are making more than $1 million… Continue Reading
Gambit helps game developers make more real money from virtual goods
Virtual goods are becoming a staple method for casual game developers to make money from their users — and a range of third parties are offering services to help them do so. The latest is Gambit. Developed by a three-man team that started out building… Continue Reading
Offerpal Media raises $15 million for social monetization platform
Offerpal Media has raised $15 million in a second round of funding to continue developing its platform for generating money from social applications via advertising offers.
D.E. Shaw led the round and existing investors Interwest Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners participated. Anu Shukla, chief… Continue Reading
Offerpal launches game monetization service for MySpace, responds to criticism
The young but growing world of social networking games is getting increasingly sophisticated — and on MySpace, not just Facebook. Offerpal Media, a company that provides ad-supported incentives for gaming applications, is launching a “managed offer platform” for MySpace. It’s an advertising software application that… Continue Reading
Roundup: Facebook movie casting, Yahoo shuts down Mash, and more
The Facebook Movie has a very unofficial casting call — Yesterday, top Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin let it be known he was working on a movie about the high-flying social network. Here’s a (rather entertaining) formulation of which actor might play which geek role. Yes,… Continue Reading