Social and mobile strategy game maker Kabam has been on a tear when it comes to brands, first with a game based around the iconic mobster flick The Godfather. Now, the developer has two games in the works centered around The Hobbit, the epic film trilogy by Peter Jackson covering the classic fantasy novel of the same name. But other than the fact that it exists, we knew little to...

Boy, are there lots of goodies inside. Dungeon Rampage has officially launched on Facebook, DungeonRampage.com and Kongregate, meaning it's time to say goodbye to the "open beta" tag and hello to tons new features and content. Rebel Entertainment has the skinny on all that's to come to its real-time multiplayer action RPG along with some burning idea for the future. But first and foremost, Dungeon Rampage is now available on...

During a preview of Zynga's brand new arcade game, Ruby Blast, Zynga Seattle design director Jonathan Grant makes an interesting point. "There have been hundreds and hundreds of match-three games on all kinds of platforms, and the category has been around for more than 20 years." The fact that Grant feels the need to point that fact out speaks volumes for not just this social game maker, but the state...

Tetris is one of the most long-running, recognizable brands in video games. It is also a formula which has been experimented with more than almost any other classic franchise over the years, and new Facebook title Tetris Stars is the latest in this long line of variants. While still in beta and carrying a prominent “Facebook Sneak Peek” banner at the top of its game canvas, the game has been...

Given what Nintendo has told us in the past, we thought we'd never see the day. Nintendo game design head honcho and mind behind Super Mario Shigeru Miyamoto admitted to Edge in an interview that he likes Angry Birds. (Gasp!) The proverbial Steve Jobs of video games told the magazine that Rovio's smash hit is actually his favorite game of the year. "What I like about Angry Birds is that...

Aha! So, that's why CrowdStar has released a whopping three iterations of its "Girl" games for mobile devices. (The "Girl" franchise has essentially become the Angry Birds of female-focused games.) Well, maybe that and the fact that the ladies seem to pay up rather often. In talking with PocketGamer.biz, CrowdStar founder Suren Markosian revealed its reasons for hopping on iPhone, iPad and Android in such a way. "Females are an...

Google+ gets another 30-day exclusive in the form of Zombinis, Eastside Games’ collecting-and-battle game featuring exploding zombie animals with detachable body parts. This is a bit different than the original plans Eastside revealed to us last July. At that time, the developer said it was planning to launch the game on Facebook and its own site, with G+ listed as a potential platform. “We are still actively working on launching...