Apparently fighting back, Facebook has announced a set of enhancements to its own social game platform.
The company has recently taken its mobile Web strategy to its new MocoSpace Game Platform.
The Xbox 360 was the best-selling game platform for the 7th month in a row.
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Its own PlayStation Network online game platform was until recently an entirely free service.
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The company is also launching the mobile game platform with more than 60 games.
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It will also include game platform elements like a leaderboard for top scorers.
Not content with conquering mobile, Angry Birds is now moving to that other massive casual game platform, Facebook.
They have to pay 30% of what remains to the social game platform.
In April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
More big moves: in April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
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You'll also be able to create competitions among friends through the Game platform, and brag (or cry) about your play via Twitter, Facebook or email.
This all new game platform unlocks the freedom to create stories and play experiences starring beloved characters from The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Animation Studios.
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"Disney Infinity introduces a new way to interact with the best of Disney on one game platform, both now and in the future, " said John Pleasants, co-president, Disney Interactive.
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Last month, Forbes interviewed Gareth Davis, a game platform manager for Facebook, who talked about the idea of connected social games that ran on multiple devices, but in different ways where the gameplay was tailored to each.
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More than a year in the works, Google finally launched its in-game advertising platform Wednesday.
These actions support our strategy to transition from being a first-party web game developer to a multi-platform game network.
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Unreal Engine is a world-class game development platform that's powered classic franchises including Gears of War, BioShock, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Infinity Blade.
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The more ambitious, and potentially vaporware bit, is Envizions' hopes for the system as a game development platform and a cloud computing device of sorts.
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Now the game maker has partnered with Hollywood to create a 3D feature film based on the bestselling cross-platform game franchise.
Sony Computer Entertainment America released its last multi-platform game, NBA 09: The Inside, in 2008.
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The cross-platform game also employs voice acting to complement the addictive gameplay and huge cast of characters.
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Bubble Witch Saga is one of the top casual social games and the largest non-Zynga game on the platform.
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The match will also mark the launch of a 10-hour, seven-game cross-platform broadcast on NBC Sports that represents an ambitious new approach to soccer coverage.
Casual social games maker King.com has dethroned Zynga at the top of the Facebook games chart with its hit cross-platform game Candy Crush Saga.
The startup has already expanded the mobile game onto every platform imaginable, while simultaneously deploying a brand strategy, a la Disney, to craft a larger story around its game.
It's a cross-platform game featuring the former most controversial figure in golf, and though the game is very early (only allowing hitting drives at this point) changes in aligning the face of the club were reflected accurately and instantly, meaning fades and draws were executed just as you'd like.
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It seems friendly, promising to integrate fully with Facebook, and transferring game progress from one platform to the other.
Either way, unless Apple can open its hardware up to gamers and make its platform more game-friendly, the best Apple can hope for is success in the iOS gaming market.
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Margaritaville Online, which is being developed by Vancouver-based Exploding Barrel Games, is a new cross-platform 3D game universe that will be playable on Facebook as well as on Apple devices like iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
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The plan is to continue to test new waters, including video game integration beyond the iOS platform.
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