Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 2:47 pm PT
Zynga has hired away Barry Cottle, the EVP of Electronic Arts’ interactive division, marking the third high-profile steal it has made from the rival videogame maker over the past year.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 5:33 pm PT
Electronic Arts has acquired a small social games company, KlickNation, in its ongoing quest to challenge Zynga as the dominant game maker on Facebook.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 10, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
After taking five months off from releasing any games, Playdom has a dozen new releases in the pipeline, some of which will finally leverage Disney’s big brand names.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 7, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Zynga easily tops the social games charts, but Electronic Arts is slowly creeping up behind the highflier with a combination of acquisitions and launching games based on well-known brands.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 18, 2011 at 9:05 am PT
The game, which launches today, promises to change your social life forever, but it’s also hoping to wreak havoc on Zynga’s dominance in the space.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 5, 2011 at 8:49 am PT
Electronic Arts has reorganized its management team to take into account its acquisition of PopCap, once it’s complete, and the departure of COO John Schappert, who left in April to fill the same role at Zynga.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 26, 2011 at 5:05 pm PT
As part of Electronic Arts’ first-quarter earnings report today, it shed some light on the company’s social games business, which is both up and down at the same time.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 7, 2011 at 11:27 am PT
Freemium is one of those made-up terms that might be here to stay.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 1, 2011 at 4:45 am PT
Starting today, Facebook is requiring all social game developers on its network to process payments through Facebook Credits — and consequently share 30 percent of the revenues with Facebook. Despite some early complaining and a few slackers that were rushing to get in compliance this week, the deadline appears to be passing without much of a fuss.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 30, 2011 at 1:11 pm PT
Google just launched its big social initiative, but already we are asking what’s next. According to multiple sources, Google may be close to launching a social game network that could rival Facebook.
