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A loss of nearly $53m for the last quarter means that Zynga has now posted total losses of nearly $161m over the last nine months. But it wasn’t all bad news, and with numbers coming in ahead of expectations investors may this morning be feeling that there’s some reason for …

UTV Indiagames’ Cricket Fever Challenge is out now on Facebook and iOS and Android devices. Touted as a multiplatform multiplayer” game, it allows players on all platforms to issue challenges to others through Facebook. The aim of the game is to score as many runs in one over as possible …

Mobile card game developer becomes latest major acquisition for mobile gaming firm

Social gaming giant plans 150 total layoffs

A Mass Effect fan is getting the opportunity to write for the game franchise’s film adaptation. Variety reports that Legendary Entertainment has hired on Morgan Davis Foehl to pen the script for Bioware’s science fiction series. Foehl doesn’t have big screen credentials, but has been lauded for his work Whatever …

Sunny days for Blitz Games' rain 'em up

EA has announced that the reboot to its SimCity franchise will arrive on 8th March, 2013. This is a slight delay from the February release window that had been announced earlier. Unlike the delays for Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which are for India only, …

Chris Roberts’ crowdfunded space simulation project Star Citizen is on a roll. After initially deciding not to include Kickstarter as part of the $2m funding effort, a change of heart has paid off huge for the developer. The game has surpassed its $500,000 goal with 26 days still remaining – …

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has introduced its no-cost Digital Rating Service. Downloadable games can now receive a free assessment via a questionnaire and receive an official rating from the ESRB. The system (originally revealed back in early 2011) would appear to assist smaller studios by providing a rating parents/guardians …

We’re going to be clear about this from the off – not everyone is going to like The Unfinished Swan. You can finish the game in one sitting, or around two hours. Although that’s at the expense of exploration, of course. And the plot is, how shall we say, slightly …