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Angry Birds lands at retail

Angry Birds lands at retail

PC ports of all three titles in franchise to be released

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Setgo primes 'platform-agnostic' analytics tool

Setgo primes 'platform-agnostic' analytics tool

New hires announced as tech approaches full release

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EA Partners biz dev boss joins Funzio

EA Partners biz dev boss joins Funzio

Moledina joins new social startup

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Zynga revenues fly, but costs pull profits

Zynga revenues fly, but costs pull profits

Social games titan absorbs huge chunk of expenses before going public

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115 laid off as Lego game fails to monetise

115 laid off as Lego game fails to monetise

Two studios to close as money runs dry for free-to-play MMO

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Unity to power next Mind Candy project

Unity to power next Mind Candy project

London firm looking for the next 'Unity3D superstar'

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Developers must embrace HTML5, says Zynga exec

Developers must embrace HTML5, says Zynga exec

Browser gaming will not move on if people are afraid to abandon pre-IE9 user base

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'100 jobs axed' at Gameforge

'100 jobs axed' at Gameforge

Company-wide restructure cuts headcount to 350

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Playdemic sold back to UK amid RockYou cutbacks

Playdemic sold back to UK amid RockYou cutbacks

Company changes hands again just ten months after acquisition

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Social studio RockYou 'to axe 55 jobs' [Update]

Social studio RockYou 'to axe 55 jobs' [Update]

Zoo World studio to be reduced to 90 staff

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'Half a billion downloads' for Angry Birds

'Half a billion downloads' for Angry Birds

200,000 years of game time accumulated since release, claims Rovio

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Rovio positive despite Angry Birds piracy in China

Rovio positive despite Angry Birds piracy in China

Company must be happy with level of demand and will open stores to accommodate, says CEO

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Zynga decline 'extremely troubling', analyst says

Zynga decline 'extremely troubling', analyst says

New games 'largely cannibalising users from old titles'

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Free Realms reaches 'more than 20 million users'

Free Realms reaches 'more than 20 million users'

SOE to celebrate milestone with promotional items and events for users

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Facebook metrics in flux after calculation change

Facebook metrics in flux after calculation change

Cityville monthly active user figures drop by more than 20 million

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'Social future for console games' says Activision boss

'Social future for console games' says Activision boss

Brian Ward says console titles also need to be in top tier to succeed

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Zynga on the IPO offensive with 10 new projects

Zynga on the IPO offensive with 10 new projects

VIDEO: CEO Mark Pincus draws new roadmap for the social game company

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Non-Facebook social gaming 'to hit $5.6 billion by 2014'
Facebook champions HTML5 as apps go mobile

Facebook champions HTML5 as apps go mobile

Credits can now be bought through smartphones

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$1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round

$1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round

Each studio given $250,000 to build mobile and social games

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Facebook games giants 'suffer activity decline'

Facebook games giants 'suffer activity decline'

'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network

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Zynga dev 'excited' by Sims success on Facebook

Zynga dev 'excited' by Sims success on Facebook

New competition 'shows how much opportunity exists on the social network'

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Sims Social on cusp of toppling Cityville

Sims Social on cusp of toppling Cityville

EA close to Facebook games breakthrough

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Canada laid bare in November issue of Develop

Canada laid bare in November issue of Develop

Get involved in the definitive guide to the region

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Facebook game 'blends social with hardcore'

Facebook game 'blends social with hardcore'

New project 'elevates quality and depth of entertainment expected from social networks'

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