In many people’s eyes, Labor Day marks the official end of the summer season. The last weekend to embrace the sweet smells and the hot temperatures of summer before the leaves start changing color. Well, some gaming companies recognize this too, and are offering big savings to celebrate Labor Day Weekend. EA Mobile is offering [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2010
Beginning this Sunday, Target (a TriplePoint client) will be the first retailer to carry Facebook Credits gift cards in stores nationwide. This is great news for social gamers who can’t (or prefer not to) use a credit card to make online purchases, but still want to use premium virtual currency in Facebook games and apps. [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2010
A few days ago, SPIL Games announced support for HTML5 and debuted the technology by launching mobile enhanced version of their websites that frequently receive 130 million unique visitors per month. This essentially means that these consumers will be able to enjoy these sites no matter where they happen to be or which mobile platform [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2010
When City of Wonder launched on Facebook last month, we brought you a detailed hands-on of what to expect in Playdom’s newest game. Now that we’ve had a chance to get acquainted with the game, Playdom has started adding new content to the ancient city-builder, with this latest release seeing the release of a new [...]
Continue reading...1. September 2010
Go for the goal! EA Sports and Playfish have released the American football counterpart to the “Superstars” series on Facebook. The goal of the game is to become the best NFL coach possible and ultimately take the super bowl trophy home for your team. Going through the initial steps of the game, you’ll have to [...]
Continue reading...1. September 2010
Apple hosted their annual music event today in sunny San Francisco and they certainly brought out the big guns for this event, holding nothing back and unveiling a ton of new products and services. iOS 4.1 Releases Next Week, Includes Game Center The first new announcement of the day was when Apple CEO Steve Jobs [...]
Continue reading...1. September 2010
Just yesterday, we brought you the news that Playdom has brought Social City to the Android, and today we can add another Facebook title to that list. In other Facebook news, we see that Playdom has now passed CrowdStar in terms of overall user numbers. Happy Island Now Available on Android Back in early July, [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2010
Are core and casual games at a crossroads? Gen Katz, industry veteran and editor of Games4Girls/Games4Women, seems to think so. She’s graciously given the ‘Goose permission to share her latest gaming newsletter, which discusses some new and old revelations from Casual Connect 2010. Bopping from E3 (in LA) to Casual Connect, July 20-24 in Seattle, [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2010
Over the past few days, the headlines have been burning with the fires of Xbox, both good and bad. Today, we’re taking a look at the new Xbox 360 Controller set to release later this fall, along with the new Xbox Live pricing model announced yesterday. New Xbox 360 Controller With Fixed D-Pad Coming in [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2010
In the world of the internet, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the services that power just about everything we do, but also the audience that can use them. Today, we’re taking a look at the Power of Facebook for those over 50 and King.com’s roles with several different media companies. Facebook Serves Millions of [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2010
I’ve never “played” Foursquare, but I have used it. To me, most location based check-in apps (like Foursquare & Gowalla) are more of a novelty than anything. You don’t have to look too hard to find a debate on whether or not this type of geocaching should be considered a “game” in the standard definition. [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2010
Yet another building project has launched in Treasure Isle in the form of a Wishing Well, which will give you a chance to win Island Cash, coins or even Mangoes once completed. Before we get to that though, let’s take a look at the new treasure screen revamp, which will have you looking at your [...]
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3. September 2010
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