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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 12, 2008
Next-Gen is reporting that PMOG, or the “Passively Multiplayer Online Game,” has been launched by GameLayers. Played in a Firefox browser by surfing with a free extension, PMOG transforms a user’s typical web-crawl into an online battlefield, where visiting one’s usual sites can allow you to find missions and items, or stumble over booby traps [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
According to a report at TechCrunch, Electronic Arts has agreed to purchase Rupture, a social network focused on gaming, for something in the neighborhood of $30 million. The startup was founded by Joe Baudanza and Shawn Fanning, he of Napster and VW commercial fame. The company’s core product is a social network that mostly [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 5, 2008
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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