Source claims vice presidents Bill Mooney and Brian Birtwistle have left the company
Read More »Update – Report: PopCap staff struck by layoffs
Employees have been quietly let go for the past several months, claims source
Read More »Plants vs. Zombies 2 announced as layoff rumours circle PopCap
Popcap has announced a sequel to its hit multi-platform tower defense title Plants vs. Zombies, but it appears all isn’t well for the casual giant. Prior to today’s announcement, VG247 reported comments from 3D Realms co-owner George Broussard on an apparent restructuring going down at the company. Sources say shakeup …
Read More »Want to be in the cool gang? Hate on Zynga
We all have some inner rage we need to vent off from time to time. The trick is finding a safe target for your anger. And if you’re employed in the games industry at the moment there’s no safer target than Zynga. If you ask someone what they thought a …
Read More »Gaming For The Post-Hardcore Generation
Denki MD Colin Anderson looks at how to please the casual user looking for a high-end console experience
Read More »John Schappert on why he left EA for Zynga
Casual, social and mobile is making everyone a gamer, says Zynga COO
Read More »Big Fish goes to the cloud
New casual game-focused service to work on PC, iOS and Android
Read More »Social games firm King.com opens Barcelona studio
Ex-Digital Chocolate GM Manel Sort to head up new Spain division of more than 40 staff
Read More »OPINION: The danger of taking E3 out of context
Some surprises are always kept secret, and some expected announcements seem to disappear into nothingness. But, with a certain degree of accuracy, we can always predict what we’re going to get from the platform holders at E3. Is that depressing? No, not really. There are thousands of us around the …
Read More »NPD lifts the lid on size of alternative games market
While ISFE boasts an impressive survey of European gamers, NPD is for the first time sharing its data on non-new, non-boxed video game sales in the UK via MCV. Its latest report in the Q4 2011 spending on areas like pre-owned, rental, subscription and digital games reveals just how big …
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