Mobile

How Facebook Powers Up Angry Birds, Or Enter The Birdquake

12:30PM Today | Mike Fahey

Rovio’s smash hit Angry Birds is coming to Facebook on Tuesday, but it’s not making it to the world’s largest social network without getting some community-aided enhancements. Play well with others and you could earn one of the four brand new power-ups that make the Mighty Eagle look like … just the Eagle. More »


In Real Life

Game Characters Embarrassing Themselves On Facebook

5:30PM February 7, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Mario is a boozehound. Luigi loves photo bombs. Peach is vain. Some of gaming’s greatest characters get classic (and clever) Facebook pic parodies. More »


In Real Life

On Anti-Socially Loving Social Games

8:30AM February 7, 2012 | Kate Cox

I think I am a social game developer’s worst nightmare. It’s not that I don’t enjoy social platform games — rather, I do. I enjoy the hell out of them. Barely a day goes by without me playing a round or 10 of Bejeweled Blitz, and a quick afternoon level in Bubble Island gives me fond memories of hours spent procrastinating through Snood back in university. More »


In Real Life

Report: Zynga Insider Spills His Guts, Talks Spying And Bad Math

4:30PM February 6, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

A user over on Reddit, claiming to be a former Software Engineer at social games giant Zynga, has not only gone and posted the rather dense separation letter he received upon quitting the company (above), but done a little extra guts spilling at the same time. More »


PC

The Worst Facebook Game Title Ever

5:30PM February 4, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

These days, it can seem as though every Facebook game-title ends in -ville. So thank God for Telaxo, whose game Ball Separation stands out from the sack… I mean pack. More »


PC

Facebook Cares About Your Stupid Farm

7:30PM February 2, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

While you might hate browser game FarmVille, Facebook revealed that it needs the game’s developer, Zynga. More »


Mobile

Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning

11:30AM January 31, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy” of Triple Town. More »


PC

Angry Birds Launches Valentine’s Day Assault On Facebook

7:30AM January 31, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Filed under news I was too busy playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 to notice last week, Rovio’s pig-popping physics-powered sensation Angry Birds makes its Facebook debut on February 14, just in time to give the loveless something to do on Valentine’s Day evening. More »


PC

The 5 Best Games On Facebook

4:10PM January 26, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

You joined Facebook, which just proves Zuckerberg’s plan is working. Whatever it is. More »


In Real Life

Why Farmville Turns Humans Into Lab Rats

7:00PM January 25, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Do you like playing Zynga’s Facebook games? There’s something wrong with you. Not because you enjoy them, what you do in your spare time is your business. Your problem comes in thinking they’re games. More »