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Russian social developer building outside of Facebook

MCV has learnt that EA will release a Facebook game based on The Simpsons franchise this September. The publisher has a proven track record with the brand, having previously released the likes of The Simpsons Road Rage (2001) and the colourful games parody that was The Simpsons Game (2007). In …

Zynga's Facebook stronghold challenged by new EA game, sources say

Movie and music industries will follow on the same path, Facebook boss believes

Social network's Preferred Developer Consultant program bolstered by addition of 13 internationally-based companies

In-app payments, near field communication, virtual items and Facebook Credits will be some of the topics at the Monetising Mobile conference in just under two weeks’ time. Monetising Mobile: Exploring Opportunities in Mobile Payments is hosted by MCV’s stablemate Mobile Entertainment. It will take a close look at this topical …

The High IQ group Mensa will get its own 3DS game this year, courtesy of Barnstorm Games. It will also arrive on a variety of other platforms including NGP, Wii, Xbox Live, PSN and PC, as well as Facebook, Android and iOS devices. Publisher Barnstorm is aiming for a pre-Christmas …

Facebook hired public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to try get the press onside regarding Google’s strategy of collecting information from Facebook. The episode began to unfold on Tuesday when USA Today reported on the Burson-Marsteller representatives which had offered to ghost write opinion piece articles criticising Google’s ‘Social Circle’ feature. The …

The social gaming market that has propelled firms such as Zynga to success is going to crash very hard”. That’s according to Silicon Knights’ founder Denis Dyack, who believes that Facebook gaming and similar phenomena are in for a shock when the bubble bursts. It is damaging traditional gaming for …

Several UK games publishers have signed up to support Pixwoo, a new gamer-centric social network. The site launched in February and is designed to bring platform holders, publishers and developers closer to consumers through dedicated company and game-specific profiles. UK firms that have already registered with the site include Codemasters, …