Zynga Shutting Down Online Gaming Portal omgpop.com On September 30
Gaming behemoth Zynga has announced that it will shut down OMGPOP’s online gaming portal omgpop.com on September 30. No doubt, this closure will affect multiple games from the service, both on Facebook and through its own portal.
Facebook Announces Mobile Game Publishing Pilot Program
The rumors of Facebook entering the gaming industry as a publisher, rather than just a platform, came in a few weeks ago. Yesterday,Facebook formally announced the pilot program.
Rovio Plans To Publish Third-Party Games Via Rovio Stars
Rovio, the company that shot to fame thanks to its wildly popular Angry Birds franchise, has plans of going beyond game production. Recently, the game-maker announced that it will also be publishing, distributing and marketing third-party apps and games in the coming days.
New iOS Game Dots Musters 1 Million Downloads Within A Week
We have seen Angry Birds, and more recently, Temple Run become hugely popular mobile games across Android and iOS. It now seems that there’s another contender in the arena – a new iOS game Dots has been able to grab 1 million downloads within a week of its launch.
Rovio To Launch Bad Piggies On September 27
The developer of Angry Birds Rovio has developed another game called Bad Piggies. The company has announced that its latest game will hit the market on September 27. Initially this game will run on iOS, Android and Mac. After its initial launch, Rovio will make it compatible for Windows Phone and PC.
Rovio Adds New Fun To Angry Birds Seasons With 30 New Piglantis Levels
Rovio has, without a doubt, been a pioneer when it comes to iOS gaming in that its game, Angry Birds, has been perhaps the most roaring success on the mobile platform. The company has been smashing one record after other with its Angry Birds franchise. And now, as if to excite the users with some fresh content, Rovio has updated Angry Birds Seasons.
‘Angry Birds Space’ Breaks All Previous Records By Hitting 50 Million Downloads In 35 Days
The Angry Birds franchise has been on fire! While all the releases from Rovio related to Angry Birds have been a massive hit, the latest release ‘Angry Birds Space’ has taken the crown for being the most wildly popular one. The success of this release can be gauged from the fact that it hit 50 million downloads within 35 days!
Social Networking Shares Top Spot With Mobile Gaming On The Phone
Recently mobile application analytics company Flurry has published a report revealing social networking apps top spot in terms of usage by mobile users. This ends the 40 month domination of mobile gaming as the top performer in mobile app usage. Analysts found that mobile users are spending the same amount of time in social networking and playing games. Analytics show last year social networking app usage has increased to 24 percent on the first quarter of 2012 form 15 percent in 2011.
Diamond Dash Hits 11 Million Downloads On iOS Devices
Diamond Dash has been among the earliest arcade games online which offered a truly social experience. It debuted in December 2011 with the feature of ‘Facebook Connect’, something which immediately hooked millions of users to the game. Now, in a press release, the developer of the game, Wooga, has announced that the game has hit 11 millions downloads on iOS devices alone since its launch!
Zynga Might Acquire OMGPOP’s “Draw Something”
Zynga has indeed come a long way from being popular on Facebook to having its own independent site where users are flocking in, unlike migratory birds, they will stay there however. They are hooked to Zynga games so much and the social gaming company has also decided not to let these users get away ever. Hence, Zynga wants to finish off any competition. For this, it is reportedly acquiring its competitor OMGPOP, which are the makers of the popular “Draw Something”.
Sony Back In The Game With PlayStation Vita Handheld
The gaming industry has evolved a lot since the inception of smartphones. More and more gamers are taking a liking to play games online, through apps which are affordable and light. However, the gaming leaders, such as Sony, still offer the best technology to play games with. Sony has finally released the long-awaited PlayStation Vita. The question is, can Sony regain the supremacy in the gaming industry it has once enjoyed through this handheld?
Android Gaming Comes To TVs
Vestel and Exent announce partnership to bring hit Android games to TVs worldwide at IBC 2011. You could call it Google’s backdoor assault on the game console business and the game consoles will get a run for their money from the casual games available on Exent’s GameTanium subscription service. It is one more sign that the barriers between different sectors of the games business are being knocked down and the result could be disruption or at least an erosion of the traditional game console business, and games could spread to still another platform……………….
Infographic Demonstrating Of Mobile Gaming
Just about everyone who owns a decent smartphone will at some point in their lives have had a play on Angry Birds and this application has been downloaded nearly 140 million times and is the biggest selling app of all time. Mobile phone speed test website Geekaphone has put together this juicy little infographic to clear up any doubt smartphone sceptics might be having and Geekaphone has put together a rather sexy infographic with tons of stats about gaming and revenue and tablets and what not……………
Fling mini Game Controller For iPhone Now Available
Ten One Design’s Fling mini now delivering tactile control to touchscreen gamers and it’s a touch screen tactile game controller for iPhone, iPod touch, Android and other Smartphones improves the mobile gaming experience. You’ll be thumbing your way to high scores across the board with some joysticks that stick to your device’s face and blocking only the tiniest amount of space on the screen as it’s made from transparent flexible material. The Fling mini will sport a special spiral design that creates actual physical resistance, letting you enjoy greater directional control all the time and will be setting you back a total of $24.95……………
Angry Birds Arrived On Windows Phone 7
Angry Birds is the most popular game for mobile device. This game already hit in ios and Android platform. Good news from Microsoft, Angry Birds finally land on Windows Phone 7. This game admitted at the grown-up table now that it has released its port of Rovio’s epic bird-launching experience.
