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Yet another heavyweight is throwing its hat in the mobile games publishing ring. Facebook's "Mobile Games Publishing" initiative is exactly what it sounds like.

Social games participation dropped sharply recently. A research firm concluded that 10 million fewer people played social games in March than in months prior, due to an oversaturated marketplace.

"Say, that FarmVille certainly is popular," executives the industry over observed, "Let's make one of those too." And so innumerable copies of Zynga's social games (which, while perhaps not original, refined and better-marketed what came before) flooded Facebook and pocket t...

FarmVille is set to be an animated television series, produced by Brett Ratner.

Stratego has launched on iPad and Facebook, with new game mode and customization options. It's $6.99 on iPad, or free-to-play on Facebook.

You probably don't use the Twitter and Facebook apps on the Xbox 360 dashboard, what with having computers and netbooks and tablets and pocket telephones, but Microsoft has bad news for those few who do. It's "retiring" the apps, which is a kind way to say scrapping, and sug...

Zynga denies allegations made by EA, saying the company has no exclusive claim to the "life simulation" genre. In a prepared statement to Shacknews, Zynga also claims that EA is guilty of "anticompetitive and unlawful business practices," for which the company has filed a co...

Richard Garriott's first social game, Ultimate Collector, will be published by Zynga on Facebook.

The game that really put Zynga on the map has returned. Three years after the original, FarmVille 2 has launched.

Green Day has invaded yet another video game phenomenon: Angry Birds.

HTML5 gaming company Goko has launched today. So why should you care? Because their first two releases are based on some of the most popular board games today.

Amazon is the next web giant to jump into the world of social games. The popular internet retailer has unveiled Amazon Game Studios, and "Living Classics," the company's first game.

Electronic Arts has filed a lawsuit against Zynga "on behalf of Maxis." EA claims that Zynga's newly released social game, The Ville, copies "original and distinctive expressive elements of The Sims Social in a clear violation of the US copyright laws."

Once a media and investment darling, social gaming giant Zynga is coming on hard times. The company released its second quarter earnings, causing the stock to plummet as much as 40% in after-hours trading.

Insomniac Games' first non-Sony game has launched today on Facebook. "Outernauts" is a brand new monster-collection RPG--and it shares more than a few similarities to Nintendo's popular pocket monster franchise.