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Is MySpace going Hi5?

Dan Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:07:35 +0000

Announced at yesterday’s GDC events, MySpace has completely revamped the Games section, allowing both developers and players much easier access to application and analytics tools, and discovery and sharing, respectively.

GDC News: Battlestar Galactica MMO coming soon

Dan Taylor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:41:23 +0000

Announced yesterday at the annual GDC, German based MMO developer Bigpoint will be bringing a browser-based MMO version of Battlestar Galactica to consumers “this fall.”

Sony takes the Facebook plunge

Dan Taylor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:08 +0000

Sony announced yesterday that they’re getting into gaming outside the PC or console/handheld world. This marks the first time in over a decade that SOE has announced a title outside their own comfort zone.

Sony’s train keeps a rollin’ – 9 million Free Realms players in the bag

Dan Taylor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:54:28 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) recently announced that they’ve surpassed the 9 million player mark with Free Realms.

DeWolfe eats MindJolt, Playdom welcomes Offbeat Creations

Dan Taylor — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:38:34 +0000

While not quite the Ides of March, yesterday proved to be an interesting opening to the month. First up – MindJolt. Former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe announced that he’s acquired social gaming company MindJolt for an undisclosed amount. Not going completely solo on the acquisition, DeWolfe cites “financial support” from Austin Ventures. This acquisition falls in line with DeWolfe’s organization, formerly known as Platform G. Going forward, the company will now assume the name of the recently acquired MindJolt. As part of the deal, Austin Ventures’ Chris Pacitti and Tom Ball will join the board of directors at MindJolt.

Gamigo aims to go global – enters social media gaming, opens NYC office

Dan Taylor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:09:14 +0000

Priming the pump for the upcoming Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Hamburg, Germany based Gamigo AG (an Axel Springer AG company) dropped two major announcements yesterday. First and foremost, a leading publisher of MMORPGs in Europe, will be opening a North American office to be based in New York, indicating their intent to become a global leader in online games publishing. Gamingo plans to have North American operations up and running by Q2 of 2010.

Another world bites the dust – There.com to close

Dan Taylor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:25:13 +0000

Virtual worlds are having a tough time thus far in 2010. You’ll remember that as of January 1st, Raph Koster’s Metaplace closed it’s doors, and now virtual world There.com has announced that they’re pulling the plug as of March 9th.

Little World Gifts partners with WWF – location based virtual gifting

Dan Taylor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:14:54 +0000

Liverpool, UK based mobile virtual gifting startup Little World Gifts has announced it’s partnership with global animal and wildlife charity the WWF (UK). And while signing a charity of this magnitude is certainly a score for any organization, it’s what Little World Gifts has in mind with the partnership that makes things particularly interesting.

Facebook gains patent, plans to make microtransactions easier

Dan Taylor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:20:30 +0000

Facebook announced late last week that they’ve officially been granted a U.S. patent for their ‘news feed’ technology. This announcement follows just one week after the company announced that they’d partnered with PayPal as a payment provider within the massive social network system. The latter announcement officially puts to bed any rumors about Facebook developing any type of internal microtransactions payment platform that has been a source of speculation for quite some time.

5 acquires Six

Dan Taylor — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:30 +0000

After hi5 came close to calling it a day altogether, it seems as though they’re on one heckuva rebound, and obviously putting the social networking chips in the gaming basket was the right call. Announced on Wednesday, hi5 has acquired Austin, TX based social gaming company Big Six