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05.08.2012 | Annoy your friends and impress no one: Cheats for casual gam... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
05.08.2012 | Annoy your friends and impress no one: Cheats for casual gam... | With the rise of casual games over the past few years, it should come as no surprise that some intre... | venturebea... |
02.03.2012 | Playdom Says Marvel Superheroes Are Super Viral (Among Men) | Social game-maker Playdom officially launched Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Thursday, and executive p... | techcrunch... |
09.01.2012 | The Fight For Facebook: Mickey Mouse Takes On Zynga’s Bulldo... | Today Playdom, Disney’s social games division, announced the release of its next Facebook game Marve... | readwrite.... |
08.01.2012 | Facebook Adds In-Game Offers Option For All Developers, Hopi... | Facebook has just started letting any developer on its platform run advertising offers that pay out ... | techcrunch... |
22.12.2011 | Zynga Is Not First On Facebook’s Top Games Of 2011 | Yesterday Facebook released its list of top games for 2011. Only four of those games were Zynga-owne... | readwrite.... |
12.12.2011 | Disney’s Playdom launches social game Gardens of Time on iPa... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
20.09.2011 | Amex plays virtual-currency-catchup by acquiring Sometrics | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
19.04.2011 | VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game startups | The game industry has gotten a lot of love from venture capitalists lately. For many years, VCs inve... | venturebea... |
19.04.2011 | VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
24.11.2010 | What you need to know - Wednesday 11/24/10 | Facebook has trademarked 'face'; Svpply raised $550,000; Scale Computing $17M; SAP settles for $1.3B... | vator.tv/n... |
24.11.2010 | Zynga and Playdom settle 14-month-old suit | Settlement for undisclosed amount stops the lawyers, but not the confusion to game players
Zynga an... | vator.tv/n... |
23.11.2010 | Zynga and Playdom settle trade-secret lawsuit | Zynga and Playdom, two of the biggest social game companies, said today that they have settled a yea... | venturebea... |
02.11.2010 | Casual-game maker OMGPOP pulls in funding; proves social gam... | Let’s take a break from all the serious discussion about violent video games for a second and look a... | venturebea... |
25.10.2010 | Why social game maker Zynga wants a patent on virtual curren... | Zynga, the creator of social networking games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, has filed a patent on p... | venturebea... |
05.10.2010 | SocialShield pulls in $10M to help parents monitor kids’ soc... | SocialShield, a service designed to help parents keep their kids safe while using online social netw... | venturebea... |
27.08.2010 | Former Playdom Employee Sentenced To Jail Time In Zynga Laws... | Last fall Zynga sued rival gaming developer Playdom (recently acquired by Disney) for an array of is... | techcrunch... |
27.07.2010 | Disney buys social game firm Playdom for up to $763.2M | In a big validation of the fast-growing social game business, Disney has agreed to buy social gaming... | venturebea... |
27.07.2010 | Disney buys social game firm Playdom for up to $763.2M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
23.07.2010 | Playdom CEO John Pleasants: why "social gaming" wi... | John Pleasants is in the spotlight as chief executive of Playdom, the third-largest social game publ... | venturebea... |
23.07.2010 | Playdom CEO John Pleasants: why "social gaming" wi... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
22.07.2010 | Is Disney ready to buy social game company Playdom for more ... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
22.07.2010 | Disney About To Acquire Playdom | Disney and social gaming startup Playdom are in “very” late stage acquisition discussions, we’ve hea... | techcrunch... |
22.07.2010 | Is Disney ready to buy social game company Playdom for more ... | Rumors have surfaced that Disney is in the process of negotiating to buy social game company Playdom... | venturebea... |
19.07.2010 | Serious Gaming: Looking Ahead to Casual Connect | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As a newly recruited tech writer h... | xconomy.co... |
12.07.2010 | Update: Playdom Paid At Least $850,000 For Hive7 | A couple of weeks ago, game developer and Zynga rival Playdom continued its shopping spree just afte... | techcrunch... |
09.07.2010 | Playdom Takes Over Metaplace | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Mountain View, CA-based social gam... | xconomy.co... |
08.07.2010 | Playdom Keeps The Acquisition Fun Rolling With Virtual-World... | Social gaming company Playdom is definitely on an acquisition spree. Last month it bought Hive 7, th... | techcrunch... |
08.07.2010 | Playdom buys Metaplace, which forsook virtual worlds for soc... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
08.07.2010 | Playdom buys Metaplace, which forsook virtual worlds for soc... | Fast-growing social game company Playdom has acquired Metaplace, which failed in its attempt to crea... | venturebea... |
25.06.2010 | Funding roundup - week ending 06/25/10 | Social gaming, social gaming: last week was Zynga, this week Playdom, HeyZap, and SGN, who's next?
... | vator.tv/n... |
25.06.2010 | Playdom acquires Hive7.com as part of social game acquisitio... | A few days after announcing its latest financing, Playdom is making deals again. The social gaming c... | venturebea... |
25.06.2010 | Playdom acquires Hive7.com as part of social game acquisitio... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
24.06.2010 | Playdom Continues Shopping Spree; Acquires Social Gaming Sta... | Fresh off a $33 million funding round, Playdom is making its fifth acquisition of the year today. Th... | techcrunch... |
22.06.2010 | Playdom raises $33M in funding to fuel social gaming acquisi... | Playdom said it has raised $33 million in venture funding, presumably to continue the acquisition sp... | venturebea... |
22.06.2010 | Playdom picks up another $33 million | A week following gigantic Zynga fundraiser, Playdom draws more money for social gaming
Social gamin... | vator.tv/n... |
22.06.2010 | Playdom raises $33M in funding to fuel social gaming acquisi... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
22.06.2010 | Playdom Raises $33m in Venture Capital Financing | Playdom, a Mountain View, Ca-based social gaming company, raised an additional $33m in venture capit... | finsmes.co... |
21.06.2010 | Playdom Pulls Down $33 Million More In Funding – Disney's St... | Late last year we broke the news that social gaming startup Playdom closed a big round of funding at... | techcrunch... |
10.06.2010 | Playdom plans to offer its social games in Europe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
10.06.2010 | Playdom plans to offer its social games in Europe | The mob is stretching its tentacles to the old country.
Social game publisher Playdom, whose games ... | venturebea... |
10.06.2010 | Social games developer Playdom begins European invasion | Playdom, the Silicon Valley-based social games developer, has announced its intention to try and cra... | techcrunch... |
18.05.2010 | Playdom acquires a familiar name with Acclaim Games deal | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
18.05.2010 | Playdom acquires a familiar name with Acclaim Games deal | Acclaim is one of the oldest names in the video game business, not unlike Atari in terms of its impo... | venturebea... |
18.05.2010 | Playdom Acquires MMORPG Publisher Acclaim Games | Playdom is continuing its shopping spree of game developers. The gaming giant is acquiring social ga... | techcrunch... |
13.05.2010 | Angels in the Valley – The Willamette Valley, That Is | Earlier this year, ReadWriteWeb ran a series “Never Mind the Valley,” featuring some of the location... | readwrite.... |
30.04.2010 | Moblyng allies with Playdom on mobile games, raises $2.65M | In a validation for its multiplatform mobile game publishing business, Moblyng is announcing today t... | venturebea... |
29.04.2010 | Six Months After Acquiring It, Playdom Is Killing Off Lil Gr... | Last November, popular social game developer Playdom followed up its $43 million funding round with ... | techcrunch... |
26.04.2010 | Playdom buys game developer Merscom to cash in on brand-base... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
26.04.2010 | Playdom buys game developer Merscom to cash in on brand-base... | Playdom continued its buying spree as it announced today it is acquiring social game developer Mersc... | venturebea... |
26.04.2010 | Playdom Continues Shopping Spree; Acquires Social Game Devel... | Playdom is continuing its shopping spree today with the acquisition of social game developer Merscom... | techcrunch... |
19.04.2010 | Playdom hires ex-Yahoo executive as CTO | Hot social gaming company Playdom has hired former Yahoo executive David Sobeski as chief technology... | venturebea... |
19.04.2010 | Playdom Nabs Fomer Yahoo And Microsoft Exec As CTO | Social gaming company Playdom has hired David Sobeski, a former executive at Yahoo and Microsoft, as... | techcrunch... |
19.04.2010 | Playdom hires ex-Yahoo executive as CTO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
31.03.2010 | Playdom acquires Three Melons social game company in Argenti... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
31.03.2010 | Playdom acquires Three Melons social game company in Argenti... | Playdom, the fast-growing social gaming company in Silicon Valley, announced today that it has acqui... | venturebea... |
16.03.2010 | Playdom invests in Argentina’s MetroGames to develop social ... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
16.03.2010 | Social Gaming Startup MetroGames Gets A $5 Million Infusion ... | Argentinian social gaming company MetroGames, has just raised $5 million in series A funding from ga... | techcrunch... |
16.03.2010 | Playdom invests in Argentina’s MetroGames to develop social ... | Playdom, a fast-growing social game company, is investing $5 million in Argentina’s MetroGames as pa... | venturebea... |
03.03.2010 | Playdom acquires Offbeat Creations | M&A's heating up in the social gaming space
Playdom, a major player in the social gaming space,... | vator.tv/n... |
03.03.2010 | Playdom eyes a bigger Facebook presence by acquiring Offbeat... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
03.03.2010 | Playdom Acquires Facebook Game Developer Offbeat Creations | Social gaming company Playdom has acquired Facebook game developer Offbeat Creations. The terms of t... | techcrunch... |
03.03.2010 | Playdom eyes a bigger Facebook presence by acquiring Offbeat... | Online games provider Playdom, one of the big three social gaming publishers, has acquired Facebook ... | venturebea... |
02.12.2009 | Gamers, earn virtual currency shopping online | Offerpal Media launches new virtual rewards program for online gamers One of the reasons we're seein... | vator.tv/n... |
17.11.2009 | Announcing new DiscoveryBeat speakers: Smule, Playdom and Mo... | We’re pleased to announce a trio of new speakers for our DiscoveryBeat event on how to get your apps... | venturebea... |
17.11.2009 | Announcing new DiscoveryBeat speakers: Smule, Playdom and Mo... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
16.11.2009 | You've heard of Zynga – now meet Plinga, the latest clone fr... | [Germany] It must be great to be in the social games business. Apparently anyone can jump on the ban... | techcrunch... |
12.11.2009 | Playdom Closes $43m Series A financing | Playdom, a Mountain View, CA-based developer of social gaming company, has closed its $43m Series A ... | finsmes.co... |
12.11.2009 | Following the Playfish exit, social games developer wooga se... | [Germany] It seems that social gaming is where the action is right now, and we’re not just hearing t... | techcrunch... |
11.11.2009 | Playdom raises $43M for social gaming | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
11.11.2009 | Playdom raises $43M for social gaming | Playdom, one of three major social gaming companies, has raised $43 million with a huge valuation th... | venturebea... |
09.11.2009 | Electronic Arts buys Playfish for as much as $400 million | Electronic Arts confirmed rumors this morning as it acquired Playfish for $300 million in cash and s... | venturebea... |
09.11.2009 | Electronic Arts buys Playfish for as much as $400 million | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
31.10.2009 | Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of sp... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
31.10.2009 | Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of sp... | TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Offerpal Media chief executive Anu Shukla got into a brouhah... | venturebea... |
28.10.2009 | Reselling of virtual goods on the rise | 31% of digital goods buyers have also sold digital goods, says study by VGMarket and PlaySpan The bu... | vator.tv/n... |
26.10.2009 | Norwest’s Tim Chang explains why virtual goods are so hot in... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
26.10.2009 | Social Games: How The Big Three Make Millions | CrunchBase Profile Zynga Playfish Playdom
Location: San Francisco, CA London, UK Mountain View, CA
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26.10.2009 | Norwest’s Tim Chang explains why virtual goods are so hot in... | Tim Chang, principal at Norwest Venture Partners, has immersed himself in the online games sector fo... | venturebea... |
21.10.2009 | HeyZap Helps Flash Games Go Viral With New API, Launches Ana... | Social gaming companies like Zynga and Playdom have proven that casual/social gaming can be an extre... | techcrunch... |
16.10.2009 | Sometrics Raises $4 Million For Social Analytics And Adverti... | LA-based Sometrics has secured a Series B round of venture capital, led by Walt Disney Company-affil... | techcrunch... |
06.10.2009 | PopCap games raises $22.5 million | Developer of classic title, "Bejeweled" gets cash injection to build and expand into socia... | vator.tv/n... |
05.10.2009 | Playdom raising a significant round of capital | Playdom, the hot social gaming company that dominates games on MySpace and is moving into Facebook a... | venturebea... |
05.10.2009 | Playdom raising a significant round of capital | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
11.09.2009 | Yeah, But Did You Steal The Zynga Playbook, Playdom? | It’s a day late, but social game site (and Zynga-antagonizer) Playdom has finally responded to our r... | techcrunch... |
10.09.2009 | Zynga Accuses Playdom of Stealing Trade Secrets; Judge Issue... | There’s no love lost between competing social gaming platforms Zynga and Playdom. Earlier this year ... | techcrunch... |
10.09.2009 | Zynga accuses Playdom of stealing company secrets, gets rest... | An ongoing legal battle between social gaming rivals Zynga and Playdom got even uglier this week.
Z... | venturebea... |
11.08.2009 | ChessCube raises $1.25 million | VC's believe South African startup will take the world by storm with its online chess game
ChessCub... | vator.tv/n... |
04.08.2009 | Playdom launches second-generation Mobster game | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
04.08.2009 | Playdom launches second-generation Mobster game | While console video games have moved on to titles like Tekken 6, the social games industry is so new... | venturebea... |
24.07.2009 | MySpace is a big gaming platform but it hopes to be more of ... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
24.07.2009 | MySpace is a big gaming platform but it hopes to be more of ... | Many of MySpace‘s nearly 125 million monthly active users are already playing social games made by c... | venturebea... |
21.07.2009 | Playdom Extends #1 MySpace Game 'Mobsters' To The iPhone | It’s been just under one year since social-gaming startup Playdom launched Mobsters, which has grown... | techcrunch... |
21.07.2009 | Playdom launches Mobsters: Big Apple as its first iPhone gam... | Playdom has launched its first iPhone game, Mobsters: Big Apple, as an extension to its hit version ... | venturebea... |
21.07.2009 | Playdom launches Mobsters: Big Apple as its first iPhone gam... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
14.07.2009 | Outspark raises $8.3 million | 'Freemium' social gaming site monetizing through the selling of virtual goods
The selling of virtua... | vator.tv/n... |
18.06.2009 | Playdom nabs EA executive, social gaming growing up fast | Playdom is one of the larger game developers on social networks, and it’s making lots of money from ... | venturebea... |
12.06.2009 | Social game company Zynga says it’s not planning for IPO | Rumors circulated earlier today that leading social game company Zynga could have an initial public ... | venturebea... |
28.05.2009 | Playdom Grows Up: Switches To Studio Model, Lands Top Talent | Playdom, a popular social gaming developer on MySpace, is moving to a studio model, similar to the m... | techcrunch... |
28.05.2009 | Playdom transitions into studio model | Fueled by business growth, Playdom launches two gaming studios and brings aboard Zynga veteran
Play... | vator.tv/n... |