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It’s already clear that free-to-play games are having a profound impact on the industry landscape. Their initial success is in large part driven by the frictionless reach being free enables. By removing the need to pay up front, a game …
Kixeye has also hired a general manager from Kabam.
Zynga is covering its bases by applying for the right to publish online games in Nevada.
Developer Zynga's collapse has taken its toll on game-company valuations. The topic came up at the recent investor panel at the YetiZen game accelerator.
Zynga's troubles highlight the problems with social games, and here's what it takes to make them more sustainable.
Editor's Pick The deal isn't exactly a breakup, but it reflects changing conditions in the market.
Real-money online-gambling companies have to abide by strict regulations to protect players. Should social-casino-game makers be under the same restrictions?
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The new Wizard of Oz game on Facebook is an ambitious title from Spooky Cool Labs.
Plarium is one of a number of social gaming firms in Israel.
More game companies see the allure of real-money gambling
Analysts appear more bullish on the social-gaming giant after yesterday's earnings call.
Luckity has used horse-racing laws as a way to get around a ban on online gambling in the U.S.
Zynga's stock is rising in after-hours trading as a result of the better earnings and a stock buyback program.
Zynga will become a real-money gambling company next year.
Some of the stats about social gamers are kind of scary.
Kixeye chief exec Will Harbin says, "Zynga is burning to the ground and bleeding top talent, and instead of trying to fix the problems -- better work environment and better products -- they are resorting to the only profit center that has ever really worked for them: their legal department."
The value of game deals is dropping in 2012 compared to 2011.
Editor's Pick Will Harbin says he extinguished a "micro culture" that had exhibited embarrassing and offensive conduct in the wake of a contractor's claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination.
Zynga disappoints once again in Q3.
