Another Month, Another Zynga Game Launches: Say Hello to PetVille
Zynga is at it again. PetVille, its newest game, has launched in recent days. Like others in the genre, including Playfish’s Pet Society, Slide’s SuperPoke Pets and CrowdStar’s new Happy Pets, the game revolves around cleaning, feeding, clothing...

Ngmoco’s Free-to-Play iPhone Games Hit the Top Grossing Apps List
Way back in March, Pinch Media CEO, Greg Yardley, broke down the potential monetization methods for iPhone games. The question, at that point, was: Do you sell the app or make it free with advertisements? The general consensus, then, was that it was...

Virtual Goods: Good for Business?
An extract from a recent KZero report on B2B virtual goods:Whilst 2008 saw the emergence of the virtual worlds sector, 2009 has to be called the year of the virtual good. With online destinations such as social networks seeing a creation of brand-new...

Facebook Talking to Developers About New Plans for Its Virtual Currency
Facebook first broached the idea of creating its own virtual currency for third-party developers back in December of 2007. The company has slowly rolled the “Credits” product out. First it introduced the currency for buying gifts in its own gift shop...

ISG: Zynga Reaches 200M Monthly Active Users on Facebook, Spreads Beyond It
Zynga has hit a new milestone on Facebook, and meanwhile, it has just launched a couple ways to increase its presence on the web: A stand-alone site for its hit game FarmVille and a new browser toolbar for Mafia Wars.The San Francisco company now has...