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Angry Birds: Star Wars Hoth update adds 20 levels, Leia
A free update to licensed crossover Angry Birds: Star Wars has added s bevy of new content. As detailed on Rovio’s blog, the update is out now on iDevice, and will reach Amdrid Mac and PC soon, with other platforms to follow. The update kicks off the story of Star Wars: Episode 5, but Rovio ... Read More»
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Zynga promotion donates in-app purchase takings to charity
Zynga has launched a promotion through which it will donate the full price of specified in-app items to Toys for Tots, a charity providing holiday gifts to under-privileged kids. The promotion, which started today and runs through December 31, only applies to certain games and items. Some are only eligible or available during specific dates, ... Read More»
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Big Fish Releases 9th Mystery Case Files
Gamesta.com receives news from Big Fish Games that they’re already releasing the ninth in the series of Mystery Case Files. The casual giant called in the help of Back to the Future actrice Lea Thompson for this game... Read More»
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Angry Birds more popular than Coke and Pepsi in homeland
Yet more evidence of the phenomenal popularity of Angry Birds, now officially capable of burying some of the biggest brands in the world. Speaking at the Slush conference in Helsinki, as reported by The Next Web, Rovio said a line of licensed soft drinks released in Finland have managed to outsell both Coke and Pepsi, ... Read More»
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Plant vs. Zombies and Bejeweled 2 now available for Nook
EA really wasn’t kidding when it said its acquisition of PopCap would help get the casual developer’s games on more formats faster; Plant vs. Zombies and Bejeweled 2 are now available on Barnes & Nobles’ Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices. But that’s not the end of EA Mobile’s plans, with Real Racing 2, Tetris, ... Read More»
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Former BioWare San Francisco producer believes new IP “just isn’t a priority” for EA anymore
Ethan Levy, a former BioWare San Francisco producer of Dragon Age Legends, has said new IP isn’t “a priority” for EA anymore. Speaking on his Quarter Spiral blog, Levy believes EA’s new mantra of fewer, bigger brands has partially stemmed from the company’s success with iOS titles. The format tends to provide a less risky ... Read More»
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Angry Birds: Star Wars trailer shows R2-D2, C-3PO
Angry Birds: Star Wars sure is a thing, and here is further video proof of it, this time featuring the franchise’s most famous droids.
This is the second trailer to feature unhappy, spherical, avian versions of favourite Star Wars characters; ch... Read More»
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EA’s Peter Moore says social doomsayers shouldn’t “read too much into” Zynga’s woes
EA’s Peter Moore believes the “overheating and overhyping of social gaming” over the last year has lead to the the overhyping of the genre’s demise, as there’s still a “strong place” in the market for social gaming. Speaking with Eurogamer, Moore’s comments reiterate those made by CEO John Riccitiello last week, a thinks people shouldn’t ... Read More»
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Zynga Austin, Chicago studio suffers lay-offs, Boston closed- report
Zynga is rumored to have shuttered its Boston office and has made some positions redundant its Chicago office, according to various reports. Confirmation has also been received of some major redundancies at its Austin, Texas studio. Numerous Boston-area developers are reporting the news on Twitter that Conduit Labs, known as Zynga Boston after a buyout, ... Read More»
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EA’s Riccitiello – social games aren’t dying, but “consumers won’t pay for crap”
EA CEO John Riccitiello doesn’t believe social gaming is dying despite the hype, and instead thinks it is evolving. Speaking during a conference attended by All Things D, Riccitiello said pundits are overhyping the bubble burst on social, because things aren’t as dire in the scene as the public is being made to believe. “The ... Read More»
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Supercell cashing in on free-to-play tablet titles
Finnish outfit, Supercell, has announced that its free-to-play iOS apps Hay Day and Clash of Clans are doing very well thank-you-very-much, grossing $500,000 in revenue between them each and every day. That leaves the tablet-focused mobile developer with $350,000 per day after Apple has taken its 30 percent, adding up to in excess of $10m ... Read More»
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Zynga.com is the “Steam of social” games, says VP of partner publishing
Zynga.com, is in Zynga VP of partner publishing’s opinion, “the Steam of social” games. Speaking with GI International, the former Sony SVP of publisher relations and former Eidos and Crystal Dynamics president has said Zynga hopes to build its new Zynga.com platform into an all-in-one service. This will allow those who play Zynga games to ... Read More»
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Tiny Troopers Is Simple – Review [NoobFeed]
Daav from NoobFeed.com goes to the tactile deserts of Tiny Troopers. This mobile device port sure phones it in, but luckily the gameplay in itself is solid enough to warrant a good time to just pick up and play... Read More»
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PopCap lay-offs addressed “duplicative” roles, shift to mobile focus – Gibeau
PopCap’s lay-offs are part of the studio’s integration with EA, according to EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau, and also part of the publisher’s new focus on mobile gaming. “Typically at EA what we do when we acquire a company is we make sure that we go slow initially and really understand the culture of the ... Read More»
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Fruit Ninja Kinect DLC goes retro
Fruit Ninja Kinect’s next DLC pack is called 8-Bit Cartridge. Can you guess why from these screens and trailer? Yes, that’s right; Halfbrick’s gone vintage with chiptunes and pixels so large you’ll wish you had a less stellar telly – I’m kidding, it looks great. The DLC adds a Super Retro background, Game Man shadow ... Read More»