The Walt Disney Co. is shuffling the executive ranks at its interactive division, which last week posted only its second profitable quarter since results began to be broken out in late 2008. Co-president John Pleasants is stepping down, ...
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US social game developer Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) will cut 520 jobs globally before this August. It said on June 4 that it would lay off about 520 staff globally before August this year and the staff accounted for about 18 percent of the ...
LEGO will launch its Legends of Chima Challenge roadshow at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort. The outdoor activity based on LEGO's new boys' property Chima, will launch on Monday, April 1st for two weeks at the theme park in ...
PicSlinger, an addictive new iPhone application, combines pictures with a word game for friends to play together. Players give it their best shot by choosing a word from three choices and snapping a photo to represent that word. Player A ...
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GodZ, one of the main strategy game releases announced for Facebook in 2013, launched today, January 28th, in Kickstarter for a thirty days campaign. The goal is not just to get the GBP47000 ($75000) of funding, but also engage more gamers ...
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Facebook today took the wraps off a new search tool that could be a game changer for social networking, according to one analyst. Basically, Facebook is unleashing the collective knowledge and opinions of its one billion users around the ...
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CrossComm, Inc. announced today the launch of GoalWorthy.com, a free social game for discovering new life goals, earning points for life achievements, and sharing life victories with family and friends. In addition to the GoalWorthy.com ...
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Row Sham Bow announced today that Letter by Letter is now available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android devices. Letter by Letter is a brand new game from Row Sham Bow with an exciting new twist. Players take over the board by spelling ...
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IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank said Monday it has reached a deal to acquire a 70% stake in U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, forming one of the world's largest telecom operators. The companies said the deal would ...
Tags: Softbank, telecom operators, network, network speeds
Social games provider Zynga swung to a loss in the quarter ended June 30, and lowered its outlook for the year, leading its shares to fall by about 40% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The maker of popular online games such as ...
Tags: Social games, Zynga, loss, Facebook
WILMINGTON, DE, December 22, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- AppSLAW, LLC, an emerging mobile applications and games developer, is excited to announce the launch of Listen Up! on the App Store. Compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, ...
Tags: emerging mobile applications, games developer, App, Record Clues
LEGO says its new entertainment franchise Legends of Chima will be a hit with boys–just like the Ninjago brand is. The firm even expects Chima sales to grow 30 per cent more in 2013 than Ninjago did in 2012. Legends of Chima toys ...
Russian developer Drimmi LLC,in collaboration with leading international publisher 6waves,announces the launch of the new Facebook platform title,"business tycoon"game,Dynasty.Dynasty is Drimmi's 14th game.The company has previously ...
Tags: Drimmi, new Facebook platform title, 6waves, Dynasty
IDG News Service-Facebook and Zynga have loosened their ties in an amended agreement that does away with most of Facebook's exclusive rights to Zynga games,but also permits Facebook to develop its own games from March next year. The ...