The analysis is, by necessity, rough, but there is a good chance that Zynga is now the largest web gaming business in the US. Zynga is growing, profitable and bigger than Yahoo. Does anyone still seriously claim...

One swallow does not make a summer, but with NPD data showing continued weakness in retail sales and ComScore reporting a strong rise in web gamers, are we moving to the end of the boxed game? 87...

InsideSocialGames has released their statistics for the top Facebook games in June 2009. I last looked at the top Facebook games in March, so we’re three months down the line. There have been some interesting changes:

The battle to be the provider of core games via a web browser is heating up. Dave Perry has just released a 10 minute video that claims to show Gaikai working in a browser using standard home...

Lego has created a version of Lego Star Wars that runs in a browser. It’s clearly not the same immersive experience as the TT Games Lego Star Wars titles, but it is free. And it runs in...

That’s the startling claim by James Currier, CEO of Wonderhill, which develops “wholesome” social media games targeted at the over 30s. “The big picture is that the gaming world of the console developers is trying to move...

Earlier in the month, the rumour was that Zynga was making $50 million in revenue. This week, BusinessWeek reports Zynga’s revenues are nearer $100 million. All of these figures are from “people close to the company” so...