Japanese mobile social gaming firm GREE is set to announce the result of a bumper year with local media reporting that the firm could see its operating profits rise 300...

Read More: Japanese gaming firm GREE reportedly set for record $910m profits

If you were to ask the average person or even a social media expert to name profitable social networks, they would list some that truly are profitable such as Facebook and a bunch that have yet to achieve true profitability. One that would not get mentioned by many is Tagged.com. As one of the most [...]

Read More: Gaming: The Latest Key to Success for Tagged.com

With a multitude of gaming apps on Apple's App Store, all of which are still trailing Rovio's smash hit Angry Birds, it takes something truly special to standout from the...

Read More: Meet Whale Trail: The Next Smash Hit In iOS Gaming

Stickery, a company that is building a mobile learning platform focused on games for kids, generates progress reports for teachers and parents, using curriculums that are approved by educators. The...

Read More: Stickery is reinventing mobile gaming and education for kids

Just a year ago when people mentioned social games, it was a synonym for Facebook games. Fast forward today, Viximo's latest report entitled ‘Beyond Facebook' claims that all the other social networks, that comprise 70 percent of social networking traffic in the world, bring in more gaming revenue combined. More after the jump.

Read More: Is The Majority of Social Gaming Revenue Coming From Outside Facebook? Report Says Yes.

Fantasy sports fanatics, you’re in for a treat.  Fantasy sports just got a social makeover with the launch of Gamingo’s brand new Social Fantasy Sports engine.  Gamingo is putting a social gaming twist, reminiscent of Zynga Poker, on fantasy sports, giving sports fans the opportunity to build their ultimate team and to compete against other gamers for virtual cash.  They’re celebrating the launch of their game engine with the launch of two fantasy sports games on Facebook for soccer and football [...]

Read More: Fantasy Sports And Social Gaming Join Forces On Facebook

Flurry's look at freemium game play time and money spent by age groups focuses on generations X and Y which in their age categories are people between 25-to-34 (X) and 18-to-24 (Y). However, Flurry's age groups are actually different from the conventional view of Generation X extends in age range to people who are now in their early to mid-40s. These Gen Xers are mixed in with the lower (younger) age range of baby boomers (late 40s to early 50s) which forms a very interesting 35-to-54 year old a [...]

Read More: Aging Baby Boomers & Gen Xers May be the Next Core Mobile Gaming Market

Amazon.com has had its fun with the Internet retail business, and now it's ready to take on social media and gaming.

Read More: Amazon.com Builds Social Media and Gaming Teams

We first wrote about the nutrition web site Foodzy last May. Foodzy is a web app that helps people track what food they eat. It attempts to make the process of tracking food fun by awarding badges for good eating habits. Foodzy has now launched their free iOS and Android apps, although while the apps are free you need to sign up for a $15 per year Foodzy Pro account in order to use them.


Read More: Foodzy Brings Their Food Tracking And Gaming To Smartphones

The social gaming market is without doubt the new buzz in the world of gaming. The top companies in the social market have launched games which have millions of users and million in monthly revenue. However, most of the successful companies in the space are either totally new companies like Zynga or casual gaming companies like Popcap games or King.com. Only a small handful of developers & publishers established on other gaming platforms (consoles, MMO, etc.) have had any success in the soci [...]

Read More: Breaking Into Social Gaming — A Must-Read Guide To Entering the Facebook Game Space

A decade ago there was somewhere between 150 to 250 million gamers.  Today that number has jumped to between 1 to 1.2 billion gamers.  A lot of this growth has to do with the growth of gaming on mobile devices and in social networks.  A new infographic from Facebook video chat app Rounds and Column Five Media explores this phenomenon—the evolution of social gaming.


Read More: Infographic Explores The Social Evolution Of Gaming

Zynga, the maker of FarmVille and CityVille, is reportedly expanding its mobile presence by acquiring Astro Ape, a New-York based gaming studio. Ever since the Social Gaming giant has started preparing for an IPO, it has been increasingly looking for new big opportunities.

Read More: Zynga Reportedly Acquires Mobile Gaming Studio Astro Ape

It's game on for Facebook who in the midst of Google+ announcing their new games, unveiled some new gaming features of their own. This little back and forth between Google+ and Facebook is getting fun isn't it? Facebook's new gaming features include the Game Ticker, where you'll see a separate column on the right hand ...

Read More: Game On! Facebook Launches New Gaming Features

HAHAHA! I almost forgot all about Gin and Topics today. I did a radio interview with Barry Moltz (you can listen here). Then spent some time chatting with Marcus Sheridan about the webinar he's doing for us on August 25 (info coming on Monday!). Then made sure Pete the Tapeworm had enough to eat so [...]

Read More: Gin and Topics: Gaming, the Economy, and Riots

Sometimes the platform wars can get so dramatic. A couple of minutes before we were tipped off on Google+ Games, we were also tipped off on a Facebook Gaming announcement, happening later this evening. While this is amazing timing, it highlights how realtime the competition between the two 'Gang of Four' social networks is. Dueling announcements even!

Google+ Games debuts with Angry Birds, Sudoku, Bejeweled and most importantly Zynga Poker which means that Facebook is no longer the only Zynga-p [...]

Read More: Facebook And Google Duke It Out Over Gaming (Same Day Announcements, Zynga?)

OpenFeint is a social gaming network that enables developers to integrate rewards, play with friends and leaderboards into games. It is available for both iOS (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) and Android developers. The firm just announced that:


Read More: OpenFeint Social Gaming Network Added 230 New Games for Android in 2 Months

ngmoco's freemium games have been a success in the iOS (iPhone/iPad) market. ngmoco's We Rule, for example, is the 69th highest grossing app in Apple's App Store despite being a free game that has been available for over a year. They do this by enticing players to make in-app purchases to obtain tokens that can be exchanged for virtual goods. ngmoco games also provide a social component that lets you cooperate and compete with other players.This monetization model and platform for free games is [...]

Read More: Mobage beta: ngmoco’s Social Gaming Platform Now Available for Android

Thousands gathered in Palace Hotel in SF for Mobilebeat 2011 and Gamesbeat 2011 to learn and discuss the future of games. The pressing question: When does HTML5 become significant? To better answer that question, we'll take a look at some nuances and companies experimenting with HTML5 today. More after the jump.HTML5′s progressive path to ubiquity doesn't confer it with any special abilities, but many companies are embracing the open web earlier on. We heard talks from the CEO [...]

Read More: Gamesbeat 2011: HTML5 Gaming Is The Future

Contrary to popular belief, almost all governments in the MENA region allow their citizens to access Facebook. After a long battle with its people, the Syrian government finally lifted its Facebook ban in February of 2011, which makes Iran the only country in the MENA region to have a ban on the social networking giant. Even though most countries in the region do not have a ban on Facebook, restrictions and limitations still exist through government, religion and culture.

Read More: Social Gaming in the MENA Region — Part 1