When Chris DeWolfe left MySpace after it was acquired by News Corp., he signaled his intention to create a social games company by buying Mindjolt, a leading aggregator and distribution of online flash games on Facebook. Yesterday, he raised the ante by acquiring two more game companies: Hallpass Media, a free online games network, and SGN, social mobile games company. The question is: will he take it to the next level and buy MySpace next?
Mafia Wars may have more than 14 million monthly active users on Facebook, but on MySpace the game is no more. Developer Zynga has pulled the game, likely due to the steady decline in users on MySpace.