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The Sincerest Form of Infringement: Scrabulous and Wordscraper

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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The Sincerest Form of Infringement: Scrabulous and Wordscraper

You can’t keep a good man with someone else’s great idea down. A while back, some enterprising young programmers created Scrabulous, a free online application which was later adapted for the wildly popular Facebook social network. As can be inferred from its name, Scrabulous was an adaptation of the long-celebrated word game Scrabble, allowing players to [...]

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Gameforge Sees New Prominence in Web-Based MMOs

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Gameforge Sees New Prominence in Web-Based MMOs

Gameforge Productions, the company behind the engrossing web-based Civilization clone Ikariam, has just opened an office in San Francisco to better enable the company to market its games in the U.S. market. In addition to marketing its own games, which also includes OGame, a space trading game, the German-based company is trying to position itself [...]

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Kongregate Joins Rest of World on Facebook

Monday, May 5, 2008

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Kongregate Joins Rest of World on Facebook

After receiving a $3 million funding infusion last week, the gaming platform website Kongregate is now prepared to move into the wonderful world of social networking. Already Kongregate is a bit of a hybrid animal, featuring a blend of gaming and social networking, but now it is going to move into the Facebook market trying [...]

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The Future Of Gaming Is Not Social, But Local

Friday, March 28, 2008

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The Future Of Gaming Is Not Social, But Local

Social gaming is on the rise. Read inside for our analysis of the phenomenon.

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