Twitter has been buzzing this week with news that pop goddess Lady Gaga is setting up shop in Facebook uber-game FarmVille to promote her new album, Born This Way. Social gamers can ditch the spuds and head to GagaVille to plant gems and glitter balls and ride about on pink-maned steeds. Along with custom virtual [...]

Chromaroma is a game that shows you your movements and location as you swipe your Oyster Card in and out of the Tube (Bus, Tram and Boat coming soon). It connects communities of people who cross paths and routes on a regular basis, and encourages people to make new journeys and use public transport in [...]

Social gaming company Zynga has launched the fastest-growing game in history with its new Facebook application CityVille. The city simulation game has even surpassed Zynga’s previous success story, the ubiquitous Farmville (yes – that annoying one all your friends’ mums play). According to VentureBeat, continually producing new games is essential for Zynga to maintain its [...]

Following in the footsteps of Zynga, Electronic Arts has just announced that it has entered into a five-year strategic relationship with Facebook. Similar to the Zynga deal, Facebook Credits will become the exclusive payment method in EA games on Facebook. EA, which owns Zynga competitor Playfish, will enter into a 70-30 percent revenue share for [...]

Facebook run and connected game in which you play virtual football on a turn by turn basis to claim victory over territories in your chosen city. Adidas

Kingmaker is a location-based social gaming competition which charges players with claiming territory for one of the games’ two rival factions – Royals and Rebels – and offers them the opportunity to start building a chest of gold, ready to improve their chances in the real game when it launches on October 29th. Territory is [...]

French videogame titan Ubisoft is expanding the world of “Assassin’s Creed” to Facebook, breaking down the barrier between play on consoles and at the hot online social network. “Project Legacy”, available free for play at Facebook, is Ubisoft’s first “companion game” crafted to let gameplay achievements at a social network pay off in console versions [...]