Kobe Bryant Enters the Social Gaming Arena
Winning gold medals and beating the Boston Celtics in Game 7 must not be good enough. Kobe Bryant is entering the social gaming space. Be prepared to see Kobe in your news stream 24/7 with this exciting yet mysterious social game. Endemol USA, a worldwide production company specializing in entertainment programming, will partner with Kobe and major social gaming publisher 6waves on this venture. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreDr. Dre and Zynga Make Lucrative Music
Zynga is working hard to ensure that its social games stay nice and addictive. In a blocklister deal, Zynga has inked a music partnership with legendary rapper/producer Dr. Dre for its popular “Mafia Wars” title. This will be the first ever in-game music partnership that the company has made. For those of you unfamiliar with [...]
Read MoreNew York Jets Take Their Bravado To Facebook
Many of us have watched at least the clip of New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, on the HBO show “Hard Knocks” talking with the team during the first days of training camp. The entire “Hard Knocks” series of the show has only made the bulls-eye on their backs larger. Now, the Jets are looking to take over Facebook with the launching of their Facebook game application. Looking to take advantage of the more than 177,000 fans on Facebook the Jets have partnered with online games developer Arkadium, Inc to launch NY Jets Ultimate Fan. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreIs an Android Gaming Center on the Horizon?
Speculation is increasing that Android is secretly at work building a formidable gaming center to compete with both the iPhone gaming center and the Windows 7 partnership with Xbox Live. A substantial investment in Zynga and recent purchases of companies like Slide and Jambool has the mobile online gaming world anticipating something great from the Android camp. Developers with access to the Android App Inventor beta have also noticed certain programs that are in development to assist apps in communicating with online gaming servers. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreZynga Steps Out and Joins Forces With Google
Word on the street is the Google just invested $200 million dollars in popular social game company Zynga. Adding more intrigue to the purchase is that Google paid this money directly from it’s “Google Account” and not from the Google Ventures (VC) arm. Combine this with the impending launch of “Google Games” which is the new Google branded gaming platform and you can see the master plan that Google has. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreZynga Inks Five-Year Deal with Facebook and Partners with Yahoo
Zynga has inked a five-year deal with Facebook in attempts to patch up their strained relationship. The details of the deal are not available yet, but the negotiations to get there show two companies definitely at odds with each other. While both companies have benefited from their close relationship up to this point, it seems [...]
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