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Entries in ‘Casual & Social’ (428)

Denki's Quarrel finally comes to XBLA

Denki's Quarrel finally comes to XBLA

Long-awaited release features new multiplayer mode

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Whale Trail craze hits Android

Whale Trail craze hits Android

App reaches more than 140,000 downloads in three months

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Pincus upbeat on tough IPO

Pincus upbeat on tough IPO

Admits renegotiation of stock compensation to early employees 'probably wasn't a good idea'

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Social game deal for Microsoft

Social game deal for Microsoft

Xbox manufacturer signs multi-year deal with Facebook dev Arkadium

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New Los Angeles social studio raises $2m

New Los Angeles social studio raises $2m

Free-to-play group Seismic Games months away from first product launch

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Mills Ustwo: 'I'd like to spend £1 million on our internal studio'

Mills Ustwo: 'I'd like to spend £1 million on our internal studio'

Whale Trail creator may double effort with developing own IP games in 2012

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Bejeweled goes HTML5 as franchise hits Chrome

Bejeweled goes HTML5 as franchise hits Chrome

Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle now available on Android Marketplace

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'Massive layoffs expected for social devs in 2012'

'Massive layoffs expected for social devs in 2012'

'Many publishers simply weathered 2011' says Exent exec

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Zynga CEO wants 7% of players paying

Zynga CEO wants 7% of players paying

Company 'sidesteps' questions after accusations of 'sketchy numbers'

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120m people play social games, says PopCap

120m people play social games, says PopCap

Social gaming engagement 'has increased 71 per cent'

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Zynga metrics are 'sketchy', claims Take-Two CEO

Zynga metrics are 'sketchy', claims Take-Two CEO

Facebook games kingpin 'has disclosure issues', Zelnick claims

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Weak Zynga stats spark market saturation fears

Weak Zynga stats spark market saturation fears

Growth from new games is balanced by 'general erosion' to older titles

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Zynga insiders condemn crunch culture

Zynga insiders condemn crunch culture

Social giant 'managed by the very same people who ran EA into the ground five years ago'

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Bigpoint: We didn't make 2m Euros from virtual item

Bigpoint: We didn't make 2m Euros from virtual item

Notorious tenth drone 'not individually sold'

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Mafia Wars 2 'loses 900,000 users since October'

Mafia Wars 2 'loses 900,000 users since October'

Less then ten per cent of users returning to play title every day, new data suggests

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Airline adds Gameloft games to in-flight iPad rentals

Airline adds Gameloft games to in-flight iPad rentals

Titles to be rolled out over coming months as part of Jetstar's new passenger entertainment program

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Single virtual item 'makes £1.7m in four days'

Single virtual item 'makes £1.7m in four days'

Bigpoint delight as ?1000 in-game item is sold in the thousands

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'Dev bullying' alleged as Ngmoco owner is sued

'Dev bullying' alleged as Ngmoco owner is sued

Game creators 'unfairly discouraged from joining rival networks'

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Gameforge axes free-to-play game following layoffs

Gameforge axes free-to-play game following layoffs

Servers will shut off in December as active user numbers fall

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Castleville 'the fastest growing Zynga game'

Castleville 'the fastest growing Zynga game'

World's biggest social games company may have passed a pivotal test ahead of its IPO

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Nintendo to drive 3DS into casual market by E3

Nintendo to drive 3DS into casual market by E3

Struggling platform holder hopes to recreate the Brain Age craze

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Zynga buys more studios in silence

Zynga buys more studios in silence

Pincus's company spent $5 million on two unnamed companies

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Facebook offers '100 million niche audiences'

Facebook offers '100 million niche audiences'

Social network's Gareth Davis claims emergence of core games on the platform

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Facebook opens doors on preferred dev programme
Zynga boss Pincus slams stock threat allegations

Zynga boss Pincus slams stock threat allegations

Company employees pressured into selling stock, report alleges

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