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The big business of selling virtual goods
Filed under: Business models, MMO industry, Virtual worldsIt doesn't seem like it was that long ago that the entire concept of people spending real money on virtual items and currency was just bizarre....
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The Daily Grind: Do you play on Facebook?
Filed under: Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily Grind Facebook is a haven for simple social games these days -- emphasis on simple. The gameplay frequently consists of nothing more than a few...
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Facebook games transmitting your info to third parties
Filed under: News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual Our friends at Joystiq have turned us on to a Wall Street Journal article that concludes your privacy is at risk if you play Facebook games. The...
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Zynga sued over Facebook privacy breaches
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Browser, Legal Zynga and its stable of Facebook games have never exactly won the hearts of MMO fans, but they've managed to avoid a lawsuit up until now....
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Zynga passes EA in estimated worth rankings
Filed under: Business models, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual Like a horde of unstoppable zombies, social titles are devouring the domestic and worldwide gaming industry at an...
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John Blakely leaves SOE for Zynga
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Miscellaneous These days fans are hungry for any word from Sony Online Entertainment, which has been mostly quiet following the hacking intrusion that required...
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Zynga's CastleVille hopes to enter MMO territory
Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual Zynga, maker of social games FarmVille and CityVille, has declared its intention to take the...
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Richard Garriott blames Blizzard for ignoring the social gaming field
Filed under: MMO industry, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual Richard Garriott, who heads up social games outfit Portalarium, publicly put the screws to Blizzard and other major MMO companies for...
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Zynga reports record revenue in last quarter
Filed under: Economy, MMO industry, News items, Miscellaneous A recent SEC filing from Zynga, creator of the social gaming epidemic known as FarmVille, revealed that the company is reporting a record...
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Glitch dev lashes out against Zynga's business model
Filed under: Business models, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual Not all social games developers are in love with Zynga's business model. Some are bucking against what Tiny Speck's Stewart Butterfield is...
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Dan Stahl beams back aboard Cryptic Studios
Filed under: Sci-fi, MMO industry, News items, Star Trek Online, Free-to-play Dan Stahl couldn't stay away from Star Trek Online for long, and now the former executive producer is back in the fold to...
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Tiny Speck and Trion Worlds make gaming headlines in 2011
Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, Free-to-play, Browser, RIFT Trion Worlds and Tiny Speck are two MMO studios that have made waves in 2011 with their ambitious plans and potential profit margins,...
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MMObility: Parallel Mafia is not a typical Mafia game
Filed under: Business models, New titles, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Mobile, Hands-on, Casual, Crime, Miscellaneous, MMObility If you have played Parallel Kingdom by PerBlue before, then...
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Free for All: Why social gaming could destroy MMOs and how we can fight it
Filed under: Business models, Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Free for All, Miscellaneous I am a huge fan of social media. Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus -- it all...
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Richard Garriott's Portalarium raises $7 million in funding
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Miscellaneous Richard Garriott designed Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa, and he has also been to outer space. This has apparently...
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The Soapbox: The trouble with Kickstarter
Filed under: Business models, Culture, MMO industry, Opinion, The Soapbox, Miscellaneous Disclaimer: The Soapbox column is entirely the opinion of this week's writer and does not necessarily reflect...
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Garriott's Portalarium partnering with Zynga for Ultimate Collector
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Humor Former Ultima Online guru Richard Garriott is joining forces with Zynga, the social gaming...
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MMO Blender: A real-time Farmville MMO minus the Zynga
Filed under: Real life, Business models, Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-play, Casual, Virtual worlds, Miscellaneous, Sandbox, Crafting, MMO Blender Let's talk about FarmVille for a minute....
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Rise and Shiny: Dawn of the Dragons
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Business models, Game mechanics, Previews, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Rise and Shiny, Livestream There's no way for me to describe Dawn of the...
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RIFT producer Hanlin leaves Trion for Zynga
Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, News items, RIFT Former Trion producer Hal Hanlin is now Zynga producer Hal Hanlin. RiftScene.com reports that Hanlin leaves after four-and-a-half years with the MMO...
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