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Zynga loses Facebook perks

Zynga loses Facebook perks

New deal removes benefits as companies begin to part ways

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Tadhg Kelly joins Jawfish Games

Tadhg Kelly joins Jawfish Games

Irish game consultant heads to U.S. startup

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Big Fish expanding into free-to-play

Big Fish expanding into free-to-play

Former PlayFirst exec Chris Williams joins developer as GM of F2P

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Zynga begins axing its Facebook games

Zynga begins axing its Facebook games

Older titles get the chop in social giant's restructure

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King.com steps up its focus on mobile

King.com steps up its focus on mobile

Candy Crush Saga leads developer's move to portable platforms

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Activision launches social games platform

Activision launches social games platform

Publishing giant joins the war for the small screen

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Report: Over 100 layoffs at Zynga

Report: Over 100 layoffs at Zynga

Boston studio shuttered as two thirds of Austin studio staff cut

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SingStar goes free-to-play

SingStar goes free-to-play

Users to pay for audio input device and songs

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Mind Candy teases multi-platform Moshi Monsters games

Mind Candy teases multi-platform Moshi Monsters games

'We don't see any reason why we wouldn't look to expand the Moshi Universe even further,' says Matjaszek

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Marvelous launches indie dev support program

Marvelous launches indie dev support program

MarvDev to help developers with funding, game design, operations and marketing

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Finnish F2P mobile dev making $500k a day on iOS

Finnish F2P mobile dev making $500k a day on iOS

Tablets 'are the ultimate game platform', says Supercell exec

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Rovio and LucasArts join forces for Angry Birds Star Wars

Rovio and LucasArts join forces for Angry Birds Star Wars

Two of the biggest movie and game franchises merge for latest instalment in the hit series

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Zynga shares fall as company slashes forecast

Zynga shares fall as company slashes forecast

CEO Mark Pincus issues rallying cry to employees

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Facebook amasses one billion monthly users

Facebook amasses one billion monthly users

235 million people playing games through the social network site each month

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MiiVerse is Wii U's killer app, says Fils-Aime

MiiVerse is Wii U's killer app, says Fils-Aime

Social network a 'key differentiator' to competition in the console space

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Facebook games becoming more diverse, says exec

Facebook games becoming more diverse, says exec

Different games for more people in more areas is the network trend

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Desktop social gamers going mobile

Desktop social gamers going mobile

Report shows double digit user decline in top games from major social publishers

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Zynga to import two Japanese games

Zynga to import two Japanese games

Asia division of social company bringing two RPGs to US

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Microsoft launches free Atari Arcade for browser

Microsoft launches free Atari Arcade for browser

Games portal scalable to tablet devices and open to third-party developers

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Gibeau: Mobile is putting consumers off social

Gibeau: Mobile is putting consumers off social

Zynga encountering problems as it is too heavily reliant on social, says EA exec

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Gree picks up four indie developers

Gree picks up four indie developers

Gamenauts, InfiniDy, Oceanside Interactive and SkyVu become the latest studios to sign up to social gaming platform

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Facebook games attracting 235m monthly users

Facebook games attracting 235m monthly users

More than 150m people using the recently launched App Center

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Cevat Yerli: Social gaming will be key for next-gen

Cevat Yerli: Social gaming will be key for next-gen

Developers need to focus on cross-platform gameplay and connectivity, says Cevat Yerli

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Zynga serves up 'next-gen social game' ChefVille

Zynga serves up 'next-gen social game' ChefVille

US developer assures users it will not close down Cafe World

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The Old Republic going free-to-play up to level 50

The Old Republic going free-to-play up to level 50

Freemium model to be offered alongside subscriptions

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