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Zynga unveils new games, partnerships; but shares slump
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NaturalMotion snaps up $11M, adds SF headquarters
San Francisco’s SOMA district is about to get a lot more gamey with the upcoming addition of 3D Read More
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Zynga adds Wild Needle to its family of acqui-hires
The San Francisco gaming giant, Zynga, has just snapped up a small female-focused casual gaming company called Wild Read More
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GREE sales and income tripled in the last year
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In a bid to expand its mobile footprint, Japanese social gaming company GREE announced Tuesday that it has purchased Read More
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Grand Cru raises $2M for superhero world: Supernauts
One mobile, social gaming company, Grand Cru, announced Tuesday that it had raised $2 million in seed Read More
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GREE debuts first US-created app: Zombie Jombie
Popular social gaming platform, GREE, announced its first mobile social game, Zombie Jombie, made in the US for Read More
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Gumi secures $25.6M for Japanese social gaming
One of the largest social gaming companies in Japan, Gumi, announced Monday that it pocketed 2 billion yen Read More
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YouWeb raises $2M more, hires former Kosmix VP
Social incubator YouWeb announced Tuesday that it has raised $2 million from its existing investors. Additionally, the incubator, Read More
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GREE pays $104 million for OpenFeint network
GREE Inc., operator of Japan’s largest mobile gaming social network, announced Thursday that it has paid $104 million Read More