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 »

PC

This Year’s Most Popular Facebook Game Wasn’t Made By Zynga

6:00AM December 23, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Despite its tremendous impact on Facebook gaming, the most popular Facebook game of 2011 wasn’t made by Zynga. They didn’t make the second most popular either, according to Facebook. More »

PC

Might This Be A Sign Of A Coming Mass Effect Facebook Game?

11:30AM September 1, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

Inside Social Games reports that BioWare San Francisco (formerly EA’s EA2D studio) has posted a want-ad for a producer to lead a new social gaming project. More »

In Real Life

The Next Hit Music Game Is Already Out There On Facebook

1:30PM April 19, 2011 | Mike Epstein

French developer MXP4 says they want you to “play with your music.” They just launched Bopler Games, a set of classic games on Facebook with an added musical slant. To play, choose a song from the Bopler library, (which features an inordinate amount of 80s pop) choose a game, and go. The kicker is that each of the games automatically syncs to the beat of your chosen song, creating a potentially exponential growing set of variation. Shmup enemies dance to the beat, Tetris blocks drop at different speeds depending on the speed of the song, etc. At the moment, there are four games available, including versions Tetris and Snake, with six more on the way. More »

Mobile

The Social Games Rant You Didn’t Hear From GDC

7:00AM March 7, 2011 | Owen Good

By all accounts, “No F@*#king Respect: Social Game Developers Rant Back” was a hit at Game Developers Conference 2011. A standing-room only crowd listened to a panel of eminent designers address the virtues of and double-standards applied to social games. More »

News

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Buys A Game Developer

10:45PM February 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp media empire has bought into the gaming business, purchasing not a global powerhouse, but… a tiny social games developer called Making Fun.

PC

Become A Millionaire With Facebook Monoopoly

3:00AM February 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The offline social game you play with your friends becomes the online social game you play with your friends with Monopoly Millionaires, the Facebook game where everybody gets their own Monopoly board. More »

PC

The Oregon Trail Leads Carmen Sandiego To Facebook

7:20AM January 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Now everyone on Facebook can experience the joy of hunting criminals and having dysentery, as Blue Fang Games and The Learning Company bring two of the most beloved learning computer games of all time to the social network next month. More »

PC

Cooking Mama Barges Into Café World’s Kitchen

3:40AM January 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Every day thousands of players flock to Zynga’s Café World, clicking on food and serving it to the virtual masses for experience points and in-game coinage. That’s some sweet action right there, and Cooking Mama wants a piece of it. More »

PC

Mafia Wars Feels The Sting Of The Green Hornet

5:20AM January 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Wherever there is crime you’ll find the Green Hornet and Kato, and that includes Zynga’s popular social mobster game Mafia Wars, where players can unlock one hell of a ride if they play their clicks right. More »