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A 21-year-old is heading up Google’s new social gaming startup

Google and 21-year-old developer Michael Sayman have partnered to create the gaming startup studio Arcade. The studio will focus on social games for mobile devices, and its first project will involve trivia. Sayman previously developed the word game 4 Snaps for iOS when he was just 17 years old.
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Facebook rolls out new-and-improved Instant Games with bots, turn-based gameplay

Atari reveals plans for social gaming push

CrowdStar launches post-apocalyptic hardcore strategy game Wasteland Empires

Zynga profits drop 90-percent, further threatening its IPO status

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Report: Zynga may delay IPO

Insiders take on the EA-PopCap acquisition

Plants vs. Zombies

EA to buy PopCap Games for $1.3B

Call of Duty: Black Ops

NPD: Video game sales boosted by content purchases

Google launches solution-based social gaming site Prizes.org

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Google projects: Social gaming platform and Chrome video chat

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Study: The average gamer may be older than you think

Zynga cutting Mafia Wars, other titles from MySpace

Zynga severs some of its ties with MySpace, cutting various titles.

Sony CEO says Nintendo devices are ‘babysitting tools’

SCEA CEO Jack Tretton thinks the Nintendo 3DS is for children, and that PlayStation devices alone will stand the test of time.

GameStop eyes tablet distribution, opens up for business on Facebook

Brick-and-mortar game retailer GameStop has gone all out this week with tablet talk, and a new Facebook storefront.

Zynga RewardVille will deepen social gaming addictions

There's a new "ville" to add to the Zynga family. RewardVille will connect the developer's various social games and give players more incentives.

Ratchet & Clank creator Insomniac Games goes social with Insomniac Click

Insomniac Games, creator of the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance video game franchises, announces the formation of Insomniac Click, a new division focused on mobile and web-based gaming.
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Ubisoft ‘We Dare’ game brings awkward eighth-grade parties to the console

A new Ubisoft release, We Dare, brings suggestive motion gaming to the Wii and PS3. Whatever happened to Twister?
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WSJ: Zynga’s value may reach as high as $9 billion

Zynga, the gaming company responsible for those barn-related messages appearing in your Facebook news feed, is attracting some big time valuation figures, according to a new report.

Find love this Valentine’s through social gaming

In what has to be one of the more bizarre ways to find love online, LoveFinderGames has announced the launch of its speed dating aquarium called, TheKissingFishGame.

Kabam releases new features for social game, Dragons of Atlantis

Kabam a leading developer off massively multiplayer social games (MMSGs) for social networks, has launched an exciting new ‘Dragon Attack’ feature in Dragons of Atlantis, a strategy and combat game on Facebook. The addition of Dragon Attack now allows players to unleash their Great Dragons to lay waste to enemy armies and lands.

Zynga unveils CityVille game for Facebook

Zynga has unveiled CityVille, a sequel to FarmVille that lets players build and manage their own city, just like Sim City.

Zynga valued more than EA in latest estimates

Social gaming developer Zynga is quickly taking over the market, and is now estimated to be worth more than the second largest gaming company in the world, EA.
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Google teases social networking plans

Instead of a giant Facebook-killer everyone expected, Google will be taking a more incremental approach to social networking, the company’s CEO revealed.
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NPD: Social Gaming Eating into Traditional Game Revenues

A new NPD reports find that the popularity of social network games means people are spending less on traditional computer and video games.