Social mobile gaming network PapayaMobile announced an array of compelling stats today. It’s most notable accomplishment is that it has hit the 25M user point, indicating 940% growth since January 2010. With Android controlling 52 percent of the market, can PapayaMobile maintain its lead against upcoming competitors’ platforms like Mobage?
A decade ago there was somewhere between 150 to 250 million gamers. Today that number has jumped to between 1 to 1.2 billion gamers, thanks in part to the rise social gaming. A new infographic from Facebook video chat app Rounds and Column Five Media explores this phenomenon—the evolution of social gaming.
DeNA and Namco Bandai just announced their new joint venture called BDNA Inc. to produce social games for smartphones and tablets. Things are set to kickstart October 1 with Namco throwing down close to 75M yen and DeNA 25M.
Russian game publisher I-Jet Media recently announced a new solution to help social game developers manage the daunting task of publishing and distributing social games around the world on various social networking sites.
Thousands gathered in Palace Hotel in SF for Mobilebeat 2011 and Gamesbeat 2011 to learn and discuss the future of games. The pressing question: When does HTML5 become significant? To better answer that question, we’ll take a look at some nuances and companies experimenting with HTML5 today.
Contrary to popular belief, almost all governments in the MENA region allow their citizens to access Facebook. After a long battle with its people, the Syrian government finally lifted its Facebook ban in February of 2011, which makes Iran the only country in the MENA region to have a ban on the social networking giant. Even though most countries in the region do not have a ban on Facebook, restrictions and limitations still exist through government, religion and culture.
Cross-platform casual gaming company King.com announced the launch of a few new games: Miner Speed for Android and mahjong Saga for Facebook.
Financial markets and social media spectators are still on the edge of their seats over a deal that could be worth $20 billion
Gaming has recently emerged as a compelling way to engage and motivate individuals, and mobilize the masses around causes in a way that can have a significant impact. For Instance, Recyclebank’s recent Green Your Home Challenge used several gaming techniques, known as gamification, to motivate participants to learn about green living and to take small green actions.
SingleGrain has published a new infographics with very interesting statistics related to Social Gaming and its usage. The Infographics takes a look at who is playing social games, which games they are playing and how the social gaming companies generate revenue.
