by Brandy Shaul Feb 1st, 2012 7:20 PM
Electronic Arts held its quarterly earnings call this week, giving fans of social games quite a bit to look forward to, at least in terms of ...
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Tags: ea, ea earnings, ea earnings call, electronic arts, facebook games, gamasutra, John Riccitiello, peter moore, playfish, sims social, social games
by Joe Osborne Jan 31st, 2012 3:55 PM
The issue of copycatting in social games has been put under the microscope this month, thanks to accusations thrown at Zynga for copying both ...
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by Joe Osborne Jan 26th, 2012 11:30 AM
But what "natural process," exactly? During an interview with Gamasutra, 6waves Lolapps CPO Arjun Sethi and recently-acquired Escalation Studios' ...
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Tags: 6waves lolapps, 6waves lolapps copycat claims, 6waves lolapps plagiarism claims, android gaming, Gamasutra, ipad games, iphone games, mobile gaming, mobile social games, spry fox, triple town, triple town android, triple town ipad, triple town iphone, yeti town, yeti town ipad, yeti town iphone
by Joe Osborne Jan 19th, 2012 6:00 PM
So, does this mean that blasting your friends with cow adoption notices is finally back? Not quite. Facebook announced Actions and Timeline Apps ...
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Tags: bubble island, diamond dash, facebook, facebook actions, facebook games, facebook games discovery, facebook games viral, facebook games virality, facebook timeline, facebook timeline apps, Gamasutra, social games, words with friends
by Joe Osborne Jan 5th, 2012 6:40 PM
We sure as hell hope not. (We like having a job, thank you very much.) It's a common complaint lobbed at the social games industry: It's all the ...
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Tags: copycats, creative theft, ea, Electronic-Arts, Facebook games, Facebook games copycats, Gamasutra, kabam, kixeye, pocket gems, social games, social games copycats, theft, Zynga
