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Zynga's new hope branded 'Tiny Tower clone'

Zynga's new hope branded 'Tiny Tower clone'

'Pretty sad when a company of 2,789 people can't even come up with their own game ideas', says indie dev

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Zynga 'losing $150 on every new paying customer' [Update]

Zynga 'losing $150 on every new paying customer' [Update]

Social games giant has 'spent $120 million on acquiring new users', claims analyst

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PopCap axes game played by 750,000 people

PopCap axes game played by 750,000 people

Real money invested into in-game virtual currency irredeemable and not transferable to other titles

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Zynga buys more studios as analyst concerns grow

Zynga buys more studios as analyst concerns grow

Hidden Chronicles and Scramble With Friends fail to match previous success, analyst says

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App Store Charts: Week 2

App Store Charts: Week 2

Imangi's platformer Temple Run tops the free iPhone chart whilst Disney's popular Where's My Water? moves up to 2nd on iPad

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Gaikai and cloud gaming 'coming to Facebook'

Gaikai and cloud gaming 'coming to Facebook'

CLOUD GAMING EUROPE: David Perry says 'core' games could be next for the social network

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Denki's Quarrel finally comes to XBLA

Denki's Quarrel finally comes to XBLA

Long-awaited release features new multiplayer mode

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Whale Trail craze hits Android

Whale Trail craze hits Android

App reaches more than 140,000 downloads in three months

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Pincus upbeat on tough IPO

Pincus upbeat on tough IPO

Admits renegotiation of stock compensation to early employees 'probably wasn't a good idea'

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Social game deal for Microsoft

Social game deal for Microsoft

Xbox manufacturer signs multi-year deal with Facebook dev Arkadium

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New Los Angeles social studio raises $2m

New Los Angeles social studio raises $2m

Free-to-play group Seismic Games months away from first product launch

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Mills Ustwo: 'I'd like to spend £1 million on our internal studio'

Mills Ustwo: 'I'd like to spend £1 million on our internal studio'

Whale Trail creator may double effort with developing own IP games in 2012

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Bejeweled goes HTML5 as franchise hits Chrome

Bejeweled goes HTML5 as franchise hits Chrome

Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle now available on Android Marketplace

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'Massive layoffs expected for social devs in 2012'

'Massive layoffs expected for social devs in 2012'

'Many publishers simply weathered 2011' says Exent exec

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Zynga CEO wants 7% of players paying

Zynga CEO wants 7% of players paying

Company 'sidesteps' questions after accusations of 'sketchy numbers'

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120m people play social games, says PopCap

120m people play social games, says PopCap

Social gaming engagement 'has increased 71 per cent'

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Zynga metrics are 'sketchy', claims Take-Two CEO

Zynga metrics are 'sketchy', claims Take-Two CEO

Facebook games kingpin 'has disclosure issues', Zelnick claims

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Weak Zynga stats spark market saturation fears

Weak Zynga stats spark market saturation fears

Growth from new games is balanced by 'general erosion' to older titles

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Zynga insiders condemn crunch culture

Zynga insiders condemn crunch culture

Social giant 'managed by the very same people who ran EA into the ground five years ago'

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Bigpoint: We didn't make 2m Euros from virtual item

Bigpoint: We didn't make 2m Euros from virtual item

Notorious tenth drone 'not individually sold'

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Mafia Wars 2 'loses 900,000 users since October'

Mafia Wars 2 'loses 900,000 users since October'

Less then ten per cent of users returning to play title every day, new data suggests

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Airline adds Gameloft games to in-flight iPad rentals

Airline adds Gameloft games to in-flight iPad rentals

Titles to be rolled out over coming months as part of Jetstar's new passenger entertainment program

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Single virtual item 'makes £1.7m in four days'

Single virtual item 'makes £1.7m in four days'

Bigpoint delight as ?1000 in-game item is sold in the thousands

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'Dev bullying' alleged as Ngmoco owner is sued

'Dev bullying' alleged as Ngmoco owner is sued

Game creators 'unfairly discouraged from joining rival networks'

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Gameforge axes free-to-play game following layoffs

Gameforge axes free-to-play game following layoffs

Servers will shut off in December as active user numbers fall

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