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Electronic Arts has confirmed plans to buy social games firm Playfish for over $250m. The news confirms reports from last month that the games publisher was acquiring the Facebook experts. Playfish will operate within EA Interactive, a division of EA focused on the web and on wireless – EA has …

Reports of $250m+ acquisition confirmed after weeks of speculation

Traditional PR and marketing, competition with rivals, and boxed product – all of these things face extinction when digital downloads take hold. That’s according to a panel of online games experts grilled by industry veteran Phil Harrison at this evening’s London Games Conference. Playfish’s Kristian Segerstrale, Mark Gerhard from Jagex …

Examining the power of social games

Rumours swirl that publishing giant is buying social network games experts

Sony London Studio, Playfish and Revolution speaking at October 27th event

Social gaming firm's fourth studio will attract top US dev talent, says CEO Segerstrale

Whilst the focus of much of the games media remains firmly rooted in the traditional backbone of the industry, The Guardian’s latest Tech Media Invest 100 listing has recognised some of the emerging businesses pioneering new monetisation models in the growing casual sector. All the details are over on CasualGaming.biz.

Splash Damage, Realtime Worlds, Eutechnyx and Playfish star

Speaking in a panel at the Develop Conference 2009, Playfish CEO Kristian Segerstrale as revealed he is yet to be convinced by the prospect of the Xbox 360’s forthcoming social networking service, Facebook Connect. To read the full stroy, click here to visit CasualGaming.biz.