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What Makes Social Games Social?
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsBy Matt Ricchetti When people think about online social gaming, two broad categories of games immediately spring to mind: casual social games and hardcore MMOs. Despite the criticisms leveled by... -
The Hunger Games adaptation goes social as console film tie-in sales decline
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsBy Eric Caoili When the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular young adult book series The Hunger Games hits theaters on March 23, independent developer Funtactix will launch a tie-in... -
Zynga Shot First! Or not…
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsBy EJ Afzelius Star Wars fandom has exploded again with some crazy words from the evil one himself, George Lucas. According to him, Han Solo never shot first. As expected, cries... -
![By Eli Hodapp When news hit last month that social gaming giant Zynga decided to release their own clone of Tiny Tower [Free] on the App Store, we were all over it. NimbleBit has a...](http://tukkoreview.com/wp-content/uploads/752455_larger-115x115.png "‘Tiny Tower’ Ripoff ‘Dream Heights’ Hits US App Store; Zynga Employees “Love It”")
‘Tiny Tower’ Ripoff ‘Dream Heights’ Hits US App Store; Zynga Employees “Love It”
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsBy Eli Hodapp When news hit last month that social gaming giant Zynga decided to release their own clone of Tiny Tower [Free] on the App Store, we were all over it. NimbleBit has a... -
Report: Zynga Insider Spills his Guts, Talks Spying and Bad Math
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsBy Luke Plunkett A user over on Reddit, claiming to be a former Software Engineer at social games giant Zynga, has not only gone and posted the rather dense separation... -
Marvel Avengers Alliance marries turn-based combat to rich comic book IP
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsBy AJ Glasser Disney Playdom’s Marvel Avengers Alliance is a turn-based combat game heavily influenced by classic role-playing games. Playdom acquired the rights to develop the game from Marvel after Marvel was... -
Facebook Cares about Your Stupid Farm
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsBy Brian Ashcraft While you might hate browser gameFarmVille, Facebook revealed that it needs the game’s developer, Zynga. In its recent SCE filing, Facebook stated, “We currently generate significant revenue... -
Zynga’s Formerly-Secret Defense Against Copycat Accusations
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsBy Stephen Totilo Last week, while game developers were howling that Zynga—creators of FarmVille—were the makers of a game called Dream Heights that maybe ripped off another hit game, Zynga didn’t want to talk... -
Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsBy Kirk Hamilton Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy”... -
Buffalo Studios blasts Zynga for copying Bingo Blitz social game
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsBy Dean Takahashi Nimblebit drew some blood last week when the developer of Tiny Tower cast a stone at Zynga, via an infographic, for copying Tiny Tower in an upcoming mobile...