Ex-Her Interactive employees launch a new studio, PassionFruit Games; New virtual world Mimesis comes out of stealth; and ThinkEquity has published an interview with Playdom CEO John Pleasants. These headlines and more below.
News
- PassionFruit Games announces Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box
- Ancient Greece comes to life in Heroes of Hellas 2
- Merscm publishes Drinking Buddies social game
- Fluff Entertainment and Corbomite Games announce Knights in Shining Armor: our king’s tale
- Zynga receives investment from Digital Sky Technologies
- PopCap launches Bejeweled Twist for Nintendo DSiWare
- TrialPlay whitepaper advocates offer-based payments for social games
- Bigpoint splits casual, core games into siloed portals
- Frosmo launches tournament game portal on Facebook
- Study: 58% of PlaySpan users buy goods from free-to-play games
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