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, August 9th, 2010
- SupersonicAds Takes $2 Million for In-Game Advertising Offers
- 6waves Publishes a New Facebook Game, Legacy of Rome
- Orkut Game Publisher Mentez Raises Funding from Insight Venture Partners
- Report: Google Buying Virtual Payments Provider Jambool for around $75 Million
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
- Deep Fry Stick-Men in Tesla Wars for iPad
- Teen-Oriented Social Network MyYearbook Opens to Game Developers, Starting With Omgpop
- Mixpanel Follows Up with Android Analytics Platform
- Zynga Pulls FarmVille Off MSN Games
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
- Next Up for Playdom: Branded Disney Games, Alternative Platforms, and Subscriptions?
- Win in Real-Time with New Facebook CCG Game CLASH: Rise of Heroes
- Playdemic Goes Farming with Gourmet Range on Facebook
- Report: Google Venture Puts Small Amount of Funding into Ngmoco
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
- London Goes to Hell-In-A-Hand-Basket with Echo Bazaar on Twitter
- How to Localize Games: An Interview with Orkut-Focused Brazilian Publisher Mentez
- Brazil Sees Facebook Growth in Key Demographics
- Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job Board: Kabam, ZipZapPlay, HeyZap, Meez, Blue Fang, & More
- Empire Avenue Draws Real Investment to Virtually Buy and Sell Friends
Friday, August 13th, 2010
- Highborn HD on the iPad Shows That War Can Be Fun
- Trip Hawkins on Digital Chocolate’s Social Gaming Focus
- New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Kabam, Playdom, & More
- Social Network Veteran Owen Van Natta Takes Big Position at Zynga
- Jambool Confirms that It Has Been Bought by Google
- Note on Facebook’s Application Stats Reporting Bug
- Social Gaming Roundup: FarmVillain, gWallet, Cie Games, & More
