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RocketPlay Partners with Zynga to Bring Social Sports-Betting to Facebook and Zynga.com

Sports Casino delivers engaging second-screen sports experience with live in-game betting


SAN FRANCISCO – September 5, 2012 – RocketPlay, creators of groundbreaking social sports-betting games, today announced that it has launched Sports Casino, a social sports-betting title on Facebook and Zynga.com. Along with the game’s release, RocketPlay also announced its partnership with Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), the world’s leading provider of social game services, to bring Sports Casino to the 306 million monthly active players on Zynga’s network of games across Facebook and other platforms. Sports Casino is available to play at www.zynga.com and on Facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/sportscasino/. Continue reading RocketPlay Partners with Zynga to Bring Social Sports-Betting to Facebook and Zynga.com

Robot Rising Enters Open Beta on Facebook

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 Stomp Games Unleashes 3D Action RPG for the Browser. Showcases Next-generation of Gaming on Facebook

CONCORD, MASS.- August 22, 2012 – After months of closed beta testing with thousands of players, Stomp Games today announced that they have opened their sci-fi themed Action RPG for Facebook to the public. Striving to elevate the quality bar of browser games to console production levels, and increase the appeal to a wide range of players, Robot Rising combines the best of premier game development talent with world class online gaming know-how for an approachable and addictive experience.

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AMC JOINS FORCES WITH ROCK YOU TO LAUNCH “The Walking Dead Social Game”

Fans Access Thrilling Social Game on Facebook  

NEW YORK – August 9, 2012 – AMC and RockYou® today announced the launch of The Walking Dead Social Game, a story-based Facebook game based on AMC’s television series. Fans are invited to step into the zombie-filled world, where they will fight for their lives, help friends survive, and embark on chilling adventures with characters and settings from the show. Play the game now at https://apps.facebook.com/amcwalkingdeadgame/?amc

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King.com Stirs Up Industry Cauldron With Release of Bubble Witch Saga on Mobile

First Game to Seamlessly Synchronize Across Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – July 26, 2012 – Leading casual social games company King.com today announced the launch of the mobile version of its popular game Bubble Witch Saga for all iOS devices – iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The game, with over 4 million daily active users on Facebook (AppData), becomes the first Facebook game with progress to fully sync to mobile and tablet devices, keeping players’ leaderboards, scores, progress and virtual goods seamless across both platforms.

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WePay to Sponsor Grantoo’s First Nationwide Social Gaming Tournament for Good on April 8

WePay, Grantoo’s first official partner, is pledging education grant money for college students who play in next week’s online social trivia tournament

SAN FRANCISCO – April 5, 2012 – Grantoo, a social gaming platform that brings college students and companies together in a socially responsible world of gaming, is hosting its first public tournament on April 8 in partnership with WePay, the easiest way to collect payments online. The tournament will be open to students at 40 colleges nationwide, including Yale, Duke, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and USC. Students will play against each other in Grantoo’s version of trivia in order to win educational grants towards tuition, books, and other educational needs. To sign up for Grantoo’s first public tournament, visit http://signup.grantoo.org.

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Pokki and Digital Chocolate Give Gamers Some Sugar With New Galaxy Life Desktop Pokki App

New Pokki App Expands Library of Social Games on the Desktop

SAN FRANCISCO – March 6, 2012 – SweetLabs, makers of Pokki, and Digital Chocolate today released the popular Galaxy Life game as a free desktop download for the first time at www.pokki.com. With Galaxy Life now just a click away, gamers can build armies, form colonies and interact in constant connectivity with friends and rivals using Pokki.

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fiveonenine Officially Launches Social Gaming Studio

Industry Veterans to Meld Cultural and Political Content with Social Gameplay

fiveonenine games logoDURHAM, N.C. – February 22, 2012 – Promising to blaze new trails in social gaming, fiveonenine Games today officially opened its Durham office for business. A joint venture between top media companies E.W. Scripps and Capitol Broadcasting, fiveonenine will create high-quality, engaging social and casual games that entertain while connecting players with culturally and politically relevant content.

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Bobber Interactive Closes $1.4 Million Series A Funding Round

Round of Funding will Support “Goal Card,” Company’s First Public Product Launch

Bobber Interactive logoSEATTLE – September 20, 2011 – Bobber Interactive today announced the closing of a Series A funding round, led by PEAK6 Investments, L.P. (“PEAK6”), an award-winning financial services firm with innovative businesses in capital management, online retail brokerage, and consumer Internet. Additional participants in the round are Dove Capital Partners, a financial services venture fund focused on payments and alternative channels. PEAK6 and Dove Capital Partners join a host of notable angel investors and provide extensive industry expertise and strategic value to support Bobber’s development and growth. The round, worth $1.4 million, will be used to support the company’s first product launch as well as facilitate corporate growth and expansion for the Seattle-based startup.

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