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Type: Company

Name: Playfish

Nationality: United Kingdom

Web Address: http://www.playfish.com/

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203 articles

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

Mallet ditches EA to head up King.com's new London studio

EA has suffered the ignominy of yet another executive departing in favour of a role at a casual and social gaming firm.At least this time it wasn’t Zynga – former development director at EA-owned studio Playfish Catharina Lavers Mallet has accepted a ... [ Published May 22 2012 by MCV ]

Entities: King.com, Playfish, Zynga Game Network Inc, Layoffs

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Facebook Inc

King.com announces new London-based studio (Facebook)

If you haven’t heard of King.com yet, you must not be playing Facebook games in 2012. The company has shot through the ranks to become a top competitor in the social games space recently, duking it out with the likes of Zynga and wooga on a daily basis. ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Gamezebo ]

Entities: King.com, Zynga Game Network Inc, Facebook Inc

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Playfish

Report: EA loses lead developer for top-secret AAA social game

For the past several years, EA has reportedly been working on an important top-secret project: a big-budget social game that would allow the company's Playfish division to go toe-to-toe with Zynga. That project recently encountered a bit of a hiccup, ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Gamasutra ]

Entities: Playfish, Sebastien de Halleux, Zynga Game Network Inc

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

iPad

Trouble Makers Preview (iPhone, iPad)

Monsters are trouble makers. It’s axiomatic. Playfish intends to prove the point with Trouble Makers, a monster-raising/lab-building game for iOS. Granted, you play as the mad scientist who creates these critters and orders them to work on mischievous ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Gamezebo ]

Entities: iPad, iPhone, Playfish

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 2 Documents

SimCity

Rumor – SimCity Social in the works for Facebook

Three domain registries filed by EA suggest the firm is in the process of bringing SimCity to Facebook. The domains SimCitySocial.com, SimCity-Social.com and SimCityFacebook.com were renewed back in September, and SimsVIP reports that the Playfish SimCity ... [ Published May 09 2012 by VG247 ]

Entities: SimCity, Facebook Inc, Playfish

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

The Sims

Rumor: EA planning SimCity Social for Facebook

Domain registrations suggest that EA is planning to follow up its hit Facebook game The Sims Social with a Facebook-based SimCity . Last September, the publisher registered (or re-registered) " SimCitySocial.com ," " SimCity-Social.com ," and " SimCityFacebook.com ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Joystiq ]

Entities: SimCity, Facebook Inc, Playfish, The Sims

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 1 Documents

Electronic Arts Inc

The Last Supper: Restaurant City closing its doors on June 29th (Facebook)

Hungry for a bite to eat in Restaurant City? You’d better make a reservation real soon – EA has just announced that they’ll be shutting the servers down for Facebook’s Restaurant City and the iOS-exclusive Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition on June 29t ... [ Published May 01 2012 by Gamezebo ]

Entities: Electronic Arts Inc, Facebook Inc, Playfish, The Sims

First Reported Apr 26 2012 - Updated Apr 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Major social developer CrowdStar abandons Facebook for mobile

When Facebook emerged as a viable game platform a few years ago, the California-based Crowdstar was among the first studios to find success on the social network. Things have changed quite a bit, however, as today the company revealed that is has decided ... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Gamasutra ]

Entities: CrowdStar Inc, Facebook Inc, Mobile Games, Playfish

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

EA Looking Into Further Acquisitions

Electronic Arts don't want to halt their notorious reputation of purchasing studios (and more than often closing them) anytime soon. The publisher has stated the company are "actively looking into" further acquisitions.Revealing the company's motives ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Cinema Blend ]

Entities: Electronic Arts Inc, Acquisition, Playfish, Buyout

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

EA 'actively looking' at which developers are for sale

Click Watch the debut trailer now! Definitely gained my interest - christian-shaffer This game has tons of potential – KolbitosFruitJuice Pumped up for this, looks awesome – winner2 Needless to say, this game will be awesome – Rub3z This game looks amazing!! ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Computer and Video Games ]

Entities: Acquisition, Playfish, StumbleUpon, Mass Effect, BioWare

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

EA “actively looking into” further acqusitions

Mega-publisher EA is prepared to continue its streak of forking out cash to acquire established studios.In a new entry in EA’s Breaking Into The Industry blog series, corporate development associate Carolyn Rohde was asked whether EA is “actively looking ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by VG247 ]

Entities: Playfish, Acquisition, Gaming

First Reported Apr 12 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

The Sims Social heads to China

EA has announced plans to launch The Sims Social game in China with Playfish Beijing behind the day-to-day operations and Tencent as the online host through its Qzone platform. The title was released through Facebook in August 2011 and reported 50 million ... [ Published Apr 12 2012 by VG247 ]

Entities: The Sims, China, Qzone, Playfish, Tencent Holdings Ltd

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Magic Town: the app aiming to bring children's books to life [Pocket-lint - May 23 2012]

"I am thrilled to be setting up a new studio for King.com. I am excited by the company's vision to be number one in the casual social games category, and have been very impressed by the team and the original IP they have built,” said Mallet. “I am completely addicted to their latest game, Candy Crush Saga, and am looking forward to helping further build on the company's momentum."

King.com announces new London-based studio (Facebook) [Gamezebo - May 21 2012]

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Diesel eBooks and Koinz Media Team To Add Over 500,000 eBooks to Bank, Hotel and Airline Loyalty ... [PRWeb - May 07 2012]

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Magic Town: the app aiming to bring children's ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Pocket-lint ]
Mallet ditches EA to head up King.com's new Lon... [ Published May 22 2012 by MCV ]
Former Playfish boss to head King.com London st... [ Published May 22 2012 by VG247 ]
King.com announces new London-based studio (Fac... [ Published May 21 2012 by Gamezebo ]
Report: EA loses lead developer for top-secret ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Gamasutra ]
Trouble Makers Preview (iPhone, iPad) [ Published May 10 2012 by Gamezebo ]
Rumor – SimCity Social in the works for Facebook [ Published May 09 2012 by VG247 ]
SimCity coming to Facebook - report [ Published May 09 2012 by EuroGamer ]
Rumor: EA planning SimCity Social for Facebook [ Published May 09 2012 by Joystiq ]
Diesel eBooks and Koinz Media Team To Add Over ... [ Published May 07 2012 by PRWeb ]
The Last Supper: Restaurant City closing its do... [ Published May 01 2012 by Gamezebo ]
Shine shapes up Bossa moves [ Published Apr 26 2012 by C21 Media ]
Major social developer CrowdStar abandons Faceb... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Gamasutra ]
GDC Europe 2012 reveals major additions to main... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Gamasutra ]
EA Looking Into Further Acquisitions [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Cinema Blend ]
EA 'actively looking' at which developers are f... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Computer and Video Games ]
EA “actively looking into” further acqusitions [ Published Apr 24 2012 by VG247 ]
Analysis: Is Zynga's spending out of control? [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Gamasutra ]
Digital will change games development when depe... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by VG247 ]
EA's Segerstrale: Developers might need to swit... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Gamasutra ]
GDC Europe reminds on Summit submissions, revea... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Gamasutra ]
The Sims Social heads to China [ Published Apr 12 2012 by VG247 ]
The Sims Social launches in China via Tencent's... [ Published Apr 12 2012 by Gamasutra ]
What’s Not to Like? Service Games Just Keep Get... [ Published Apr 09 2012 by Gamezebo ]
Chris DeWolfe partners with Humane Society on n... [ Published Jan 04 2012 by Company Town ]
Electronic Arts swings to Q1 profit [ Published Aug 04 2010 by Topnews.in ]

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Chris DeWolfe partners with Humane Society on n... [ Published Jan 04 2012 by Company Town ] Is Chris DeWolfe donning sheep's clothing? The former chief executive of MySpace has partnered with the Humane Society to produce a game whose proceeds would partially benefit the nonprofit's animal rescue efforts. DeWolfe's Los Angeles company, ...