Google announced this week that it has purchased Israeli social application developer LabPixies, creator of the popular Flood-It! series for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android platforms.
Every week, Games On Deck sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable games platform -- this time covering Gameloft's Blokus and a port of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
This week in new job postings, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Insomniac, Trion and more.
GDC Online organizers have announced that the call for submissions is open for this October's leading online game conference, alongside iPad/iPhone, 3D, and narrative Summits.
Zynga's popular social networking game FarmVille is moving beyond the web browser to "various mobile platforms" including iPhone and iPad, according to a new report.
Every week, Games On Deck sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable games platform -- this time covering Cave's bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II and Football Manager Handheld 2010.
In an exciting week for new job postings, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Bungie, Realtime Worlds and more.
Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Kin, a youth-oriented and "deeply social" mobile phone series scheduled to arrive several months in advance of the launch of the Windows Phone 7 series.
Research firm ComScore said that the number of mobile gamers in the U.S. dropped 13 percent over the last year, but smartphone gamers are poised to pick up the slack.