This Week’s Headlines on Inside Social Games
Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Social Games – tracking all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, June 7th, 2010
- City Builders Appear Again on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- RockYou Gets Another $10 Million from SoftBank, Buys Majority of Asia Joint Venture
- Zynga Brings FarmVille to the iPhone, iPad
- Apple Brings New High-Powered Features to Mobile Gaming
- Facebook Tests New Bookmarks Feature, Looking to Help Developers Grow
- Gamevil Launches Soccer Superstars on iPhone
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
- Fantasy Moguls, CBS, Have a Soccer Management Title Ready for the World Cup
- Anticipating the World Cup, Soccer Games Flood Facebook and the iPhone
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience
- Friendster Joins in the Rush to Social Gaming
- BigDoor Gets $5M Funding to Bring Social Gaming Mechanics to Websites
- Surprise: Android Likely Has More than 7 Million Facebook Users
Wedenesday, June 9th, 2010
- Hello City and My Empire Reach Hit the Top Spots on This Week’s List of Fastest Facebook Growers by DAU
- Zynga Heads Out West for Its Latest Release, FrontierVille
- Turning Exercise Into Games with iPhone Title Skimble
- Who’s Using Facebook Around the World? The Demographics of Facebook’s Top 15 Country Markets
- Viximo Makes Bid to Bring Social Games to More Web Sites
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
- RollOut Brings New Spin to iPhone Platform Gaming
- Digital Chocolate Gets Credit Line for “General Corporate Purposes”
- Super Whales: Top Social Game Spenders Pay More than $10,000 Apiece for Virtual Goods
- Investment Opportunities in Social Apps – Not Just Publishers and Not Just in the US
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Crowdstar, Playdom, Zynga, & More
Friday, June 11th, 2010
