by Joe Osborne Feb 21st, 2012 5:10 PM
Paying for games or for goodies within games using plastic isn't so popular anymore. (Well, at least personal plastic.) A study by research firm ...
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Tags: credit cards, digital goods, facebook credits, farm cash, in-game purchases, newzoo, poll, prepaid, prepaid cards, PrepaidCards, virtual goods
by Joe Osborne Feb 13th, 2012 3:25 PM
You still haven't bought any Facebook Credits, have you? Well, prepare to be bombarded with "Game Promotions," Facebook's brand new way to try ...
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Tags: credits, facebook, facebook credits, facebook game promotions, Facebook games, facebook payment methods, payment methods, social games, virtual currency, virtual goods, zynga
by Joe Osborne Feb 7th, 2012 6:30 PM
Facebook needs social games, and social games need Facebook. The multibillion dollar company's recent filing for initial public offering shows ...
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Tags: apple, Apple patent, apple patent facebook credits, cbs, cbs news, digital item sales, facebook, facebook credits, facebook games, Microtransactions, social games, virtual goods
by Joe Osborne Jan 23rd, 2012 11:15 AM
Rather, Sony likes what it sees in what's behind social games: cash money. Develop reports that Icelandic EVE Online creator CCP Games is in ...
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Tags: ccp, CCP-Games, digital item sales, dust 514, EVE online, free-to-play, in-game purchases, Playstation 3, playstation network, ps3, psn, sony, sony digital item purchases, sony in-game purchases, sony virtual goods, virtual goods
by Joe Osborne Dec 29th, 2011 3:05 PM
You know, the most important part of a social game? Unfortunately, the creator of creepy console game hits like Alice told Gamasutra that his ...
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Tags: American McGee, american mcgee facebook game, american mcgee social game, bighead bash, bighead bash facebook game, bighead bash social game, business-models, Facebook games, monetization, social games, spicy horse, virtual goods
