GDC 2014: 'Here Be Monsters' - A Free to Play Game That Does Everything

GDC 2014: 'Here Be Monsters' - A Free to Play Game That Does Everything :
We're not big into previewing many of these kind of timer-based multi-currency free to play games, but Here Be Monsters seems neat because it includes everything. You like crafting? They got it. Collecting, trapping

Game of Thrones Ascent mobile dated: Winter is coming (this spring) (iPhone)

Game of Thrones Ascent mobile dated: Winter is coming (this spring) (iPhone) :
Back in January, Gamezebo's interview with Disruptor Beam CEO and founder Jon Radoff revealed that Game of Thrones Ascent was headed to mobile. The big question was when, but the company kind of answered that today: early

CJ E&M gets mobile publishing rights for ChronoBlade in Asia

CJ E&M gets mobile publishing rights for ChronoBlade in Asia :
Flagship Ouya game ChronoBlade has an exclusive mobile publishing deal in Asia. US developer nWay has signed up with Korean powerhouse CJ E&M - specifically its gaming arm - CJ E&M Netmarble. It has the exclusive rights for

A First-Person Zombie Shooter... On Facebook?

A First-Person Zombie Shooter... On Facebook? :
In case anyone is under the impression that Facebook gaming is all farms and candy crushing, zombie-killing epic Dead Trigger 2 has arrived to challenge that notion with extreme prejudice. Let's play!

Guess the 90′s: Take a trip down memory lane on Facebook

Guess the 90′s: Take a trip down memory lane on Facebook:
How well do you remember the 90’s? That’s the question posed by RLG’s Guess the 90’s on Facebook, as players are shown images of popular bands, clothing items, toys and other items from the 1990’s, and are asked to

Train your hero and fight battles in Toy Monsters on Facebook

Train your hero and fight battles in Toy Monsters on Facebook:
Melesta Games’ MMORPG Toy Monsters has been available on Facebook since April of 2013, but the game is just now starting to really take off, sitting at almost 90,000 monthly active players (MAU), according to our app tracking

Breed and raise dinosaurs in Happy Dinos on Facebook

Breed and raise dinosaurs in Happy Dinos on Facebook:
Pandastic Games is finding growing success with Happy Dinos on Facebook, its colorful simulation game that allows players to build their own island full of happy dinosaurs. The game is similar to dragon breeding titles

Zynga announces YoVille’s closure on Facebook, but its players aren’t letting go

Zynga announces YoVille’s closure on Facebook, but its players aren’t letting go:
Mobile and social game developer Zynga has announced the closure of YoVille, one of the longest running Facebook games on the platform. The life simulation and home decoration game has just 354,000 monthly active users

Monster Busters Review

Monster Busters Review:
When a young boy or girl makes friends with a community of emotive gingerbread people, then you don't need me to tell you that this is a bond that lasts for life right there. So when said gingerbread friends get kidnapped and

Game of Thrones Ascent: After a year of success, a mobile future looms

Game of Thrones Ascent: After a year of success, a mobile future looms:
Disruptor Beam got a pretty nice present from Facebook just before the holidays. It came in the form of Facebook's games team naming Game of Thrones Ascent a staff pick as one of the top games to debut on the social

The Gate Review

The Gate Review:
I was disappointed to discover that in spite of all the pre-release promotion, The Gate has about as much to do with real-time strategy as Family Feud, and is in fact a straight-up collectible card battle game. But as I delved into it, I

Disney Hidden Worlds Review

Disney Hidden Worlds Review:
Disney has a new hidden object game (HOG), and despite some of the rumors and urban legends that still haunt the House of Mouse, it has nothing to do with finding bad words or naughty imagery in movies like Aladdin, The

Evil Genius Online is now in open beta

Evil Genius Online is now in open beta:
Get ready to do some evil, evil do-ers! The free-to-play rethinking of Evil Genius, the well-loved strategy game from 2004, has just come out of its closed beta and is now available to all on Facebook.We've been told that the

Brave Tales Review

Brave Tales Review:
Social games are more or less dominated by the hidden object, sim, and match-three genres, so it's nice when something other than those comes along. Brave Tales, the new fantasy RPG by Avallon Alliance and Renatus

Kabam brings robot fighting game Blastron to Facebook

Kabam brings robot fighting game Blastron to Facebook:
Image via Kabam Core game developer Kabam has announced the launch of its Blastron robot shooting game on Facebook. Originally released on iPhone and Android (our review), the game sees players controlling robots in side-

Hotel Enigma Review

Hotel Enigma Review:
Hotels are weird places. Whether it's a scream-worthy shower at the Bates or an extended stay at The Overlook, something strange is always bound to happen. Before you arrived at Hotel Enigma, one of the guests disappeared.

Ludia brings Battle Arena update to Jurassic Park Builder on Facebook, mobile

Ludia brings Battle Arena update to Jurassic Park Builder on Facebook, mobile:
Image via Ludia Ludia has announced a game changing update for Jurassic Park Builder on Facebook, bringing a Battle Arena mode to the game. Players can now choose their best dinosaurs and take them into combat against

MMObility: Legacy of a Thousand Suns goes mobile

MMObility: Legacy of a Thousand Suns goes mobile:
Filed under: Business Models, Game Mechanics, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Browser, Mobile, Hands-On, Casual, First Impressions, Miscellaneous, MMObility Legacy of a Thousand Suns by developer 5th Planet Games is a

Legacy of a Thousand Suns – 5th Planet Games Embraces Cross-Platform Play, With a Slight Catch

Legacy of a Thousand Suns – 5th Planet Games Embraces Cross-Platform Play, With a Slight Catch:
Legacy of a Thousand Suns – 5th Planet Games Embraces Cross-Platform Play, With a Slight Catch Posted by Rob Rich on December 11th, 2013 [ permalink ] iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad

nWay (ChronoBlade) raises $5 million in funding

nWay raises $5 million in funding:
Studio from Realtime Worlds vets takes total funding to $11 million