Free Facebook Games and Myspace Games Played by 20 Percent of US Users Everyday!
Hurray! The recession in America has not dampened the enthusiasm of its citizen for free Facebook games like FarmVille and Cafe World. Market research firm NPD Group released their latest survey findings. It’s quite impressive, 20% of the whole American population has played or actively playing social games the past 3 months. This means almost 57 million Americans are hooked on social gaming!
Adobe Flash Development Update: Adobe Flash 3D Technology is On Its Way
Adobe Flash 3D is going to be enjoyed by billions of users worldwide despite the scathing attack of Apple, Adobe pushes forward in making Flash a better internet standard. Adobe officially announced on their Flash blog that they are now working on a new set of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that will let developers create real Adobe Flash 3D objects in creating exciting Flash games and other applications! Take that Steve Jobs, Adobe loves Flash, now casual gamers will love Adobe Flash 3D even more!
Adobe Flash 3D Banner Announcing 3D Capabilities
Zynga Opens New Developers Studio in Los Angeles
The world’s biggest social gaming company (Zynga) announced last February 2 that they will be expanding further. Amidst the global recession and shutdowns of most gaming companies, Zynga is bucking the trend. They will be opening their new Los Angeles Development Studio near Marina Del Rey area.
PetVille Screenshot: a Zynga Game App
Zynga Games Earnings: $250 Million in Gross Revenues for 2009
Zynga, the 2007 start-up company that makes and operates casual games on Facebook, Myspace and Tagged made so much money last year. I never really thought that silly Flash-based games and PHP/MySQL text-based games could be so profitable. Zynga’s total revenues are even more than Blizzard’s World of Warcraft estimated annual membership fees of $240M! And to think that Zynga is spending so much less money on game development and server maintenance! Industry watchers are very impressed with the current shift of gamers to browser-based social gaming
Mafia Wars Screenshot: One of Zynga's Top Free Game Apps
Zynga Players Donate $1.5 Million to Haiti Earthquake Victims
I have been praising Zynga, the creator of Mafia Wars and other top Free Facebook Apps, for its tremendous success on the social gaming circuit. Launched only in 2007 and in less than 3 years, it is already leading the $2-billion dollar virtual goods market. This San Francisco-based company is giving back and sharing its blessings.
Screenshot of Cafe World: One of Zynga's Games