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Two thirds not from social network giant

Credits can now be bought through smartphones

Each studio given $250,000 to build mobile and social games

With a little over two weeks to go until The Games Media Awards 2011, in association with Grainger Games, it’s time for us to remind you exactly how modern we are. We were going to communicate with you all by printing words on bits of paper. These were then going …

The biggest 20 games operators on Facebook are combating a steady drop in daily user retention, an analyst group has said. IHS Screen Digest claims that, during the first three quarters of 2011, the likes of Zynga and PopCap noticed a downward trend in user engagement. User engagement is a …

'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network

Top-grossing game likely to have made at least $2 million in first week

Electronic Arts is now within touching distance of becoming the first games company to topple Cityville, the Zynga sensation that holds the record as the most popular Facebook game of all time. According to Appdata, The Sims Social now drawn in 65 million monthly active users (MAUs) – the closest …

New competition 'shows how much opportunity exists on the social network'

Facebook games giant Zynga believes it can win over the core gamer with its upcoming release Mafia Wars 2. The game is the first true sequel from a company best known for its casual hits like FarmVille and CityVille, and serves as a further indication of how social network games …