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After starting off the week at an all-time low, Zynga’s stock is beginning to rise again while Facebook’s initial public offering approaches. The stock closed today at $8.22 a share, down from its opening at $8.75 but still notably higher … Continue reading →..

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King.com’s Candy Crush Saga continues its chart-topping performance this week, taking the No. 1 spot on our list of fastest-growing Facebook games by daily active users with a 22 percent gain of 400,000 DAU. Peak Game’s English-language bubble shooter Lost … Continue reading →..

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KartRider Dash is a new Facebook release from Nexon: a kart-racing title heavily inspired by the Mario Kart series. The game allows up to eight players to race against one another simultaneously online in a variety of cartoony environments. KartRider … Continue reading →..

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King.com’s Candy Crush Saga is continuing its impressive winning streak, topping this week’s list of fastest growing Facebook games by monthly active users with a 23 percent gain of 1.4 million MAU. Two bubble shooters appear in the top five … Continue reading →..

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Nexon’s popular online racing franchise KartRider has finally crossed the Facebook starting line with KartRider Dash, which launches in open beta today. KartRider Dash puts players in the driver’s seat of a go-kart racing against computer-controlled components and live players … Continue reading →..

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The bubble-popping genre is an immensely popular offshoot of puzzle and match-3 games, and now Zynga has entered the fray with its own offering Bubble Safari. As is often the case with Zynga, the company has taken already well-established game … Continue reading →..

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It Girl developer CrowdStar is bringing its games to China and Korea’s mobile markets, courtesy of new partnerships with Tencent and Gamevil. Chinese games portal Tencent will release localized versions of Top Girl and Happy Peeps: Tower Town for iOS … Continue reading →..

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Free-to-play game giant Nexon posted better than expected results in its Q1 2012 earnings report last week, reporting revenues of 30.3 billion yen ($379.5 million), up 46 percent year-on-year and 37 percent quarter-over-quarter. Net income climbed 60 percent year-on-year to … Continue reading →..

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King.com’s “Saga” series of games makes up some of the most consistently popular titles on Facebook, and between them they have covered a wide variety of puzzle genres so far. Pyramid Solitaire Saga is the latest addition to the collection, … Continue reading →..

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Zynga’s latest mobile acquisition appears to be an estimated $3.8 million deal for San Francisco-based mobile-social game company Wild Needle, according to TechCrunch. Reportedly a talent deal, Wild Needle is the latest in a long series of relatively low priced mobile … Continue reading →..

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