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High-profile Silicon Valley investors back the social games group, reports claim

CEO Heiko Hubertz says developers shouldn't place all eggs in one social network's basket

For someone leading a cutting edge web games firm, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has a surprising love-hate relationship with Facebook. As the biggest social network in the world, much of what he calls the big hype” around online games is focused on Facebook’s successes – Zynga and FarmVille or EA’s …

Ruffian Games' Billy Thomson looks at cloud gaming and the future

And now for something completely different – casual games studio Zattikka has acquired the licence to produce Monty Python titles. The first game will arrive on Facebook before other Monty Python titles on mobile devices and websites. A statement from Zattikka promised the game will be a homage to all …

GAME and Tesco begin selling range of gift cards that can be redeemed against game purchases on social network

Facebook’s push into the games sector has gone physical today as game retailer GAME and supermarket Tesco both introduce Facebook Credit gift cards in store. GAME will sell the cards in denominations of 5, 10 and 25 while Tesco will offer the 10 and 20 versions. The supermarket expects to …

Casual games giant Zynga has revealed that it is to launch a public beta for its brand new title CityVille in the coming weeks”.Gamasutra reports that the game will be localised in five different languages – English, German, Italian, Spanish and French. The studio promises that the game will be …

Games are usually the first big vertical market on new platforms, says Facebook boss

A new casual online games portal has emerged driven by a host of industry veterans. TeePee Games will allow users to pull in games from Facebook, smartphones, websites and elsewhere, and customise their own individual homepage. The company and self-titled website has already secured $500,000 in seed funding, and is …