Electronic Arts announced today that it will close several of its Facebook games including The Sims Social, SimCity Social, and Pet Society on June 14. EA said that though the games attracted millions of users initially, play time has been down dramatically resulting in the closing of several games. Players that still have in-game currency are urged to spend it as soon as possible. [...]

An image of a weird red egg-shaped object was posted on Sony UK’s official Facebook page with a caption underneath it that says, “It’s coming…” Could this be a teaser for the new PlayStation 4?  The egg has a resemblance to the Ovosonico logo, does it have something to do with Sony’s new partnership with the studio? What do you [...]

Your favorite Netflix apps are getting a Facebook sharing option today that’ll let your Facebook friends see what you’ve been watching.  The sharing isn’t automatically enabled, but if you want to check it out you can turn it on through the social settings panel in “Your Account.”  You’ll get access to two social rows, “Friends’ Favorites” and “Watched by your [...]

  Electronic Arts (EA) and Zynga have finally buried the hatchet. As you may remember from last year, EA got upset with Zynga because of The Ville supposedly being very similar to The Sims Social. Then Zynga files a counter claim that EA had “an anti-competitive and unlawful scheme to stop Zynga from hiring.” They also accused EA of violating [...]

New Gamer Nation had the opportunity to talk exclusively with Andrew Marsh, co-founder of San Francisco’s Fifth Column Games about the state of Facebook gaming, the future of the industry and the question of games as art. Take a look at the interview below and enjoy. New Gamer Nation: Could you provide your job title and a general description of [...]

Rockstar announced today that there are new improvements to the Social Club including: A new Social Club profile page where users can update their information and display their recent achievements. New activity feeds so Rockstar fans can keep track of what their friends have been up to. Speaking of friends, you can now add your friends to your Social Club [...]

It has been a while since Angry Birds has been in the news.  Today Rovio has announced that its hit game Angry Birds will now be available all fans to share via Facebook.  The new “Share and Play” feature allows players to embed a level of Angry Birds onto a friend’s Facebook Timeline.  Unsuspecting Facebook users will now be able [...]

Words with Friends by Zynga has fast become one of the most played mobile games since its release in 2009. What was originally destined to be a game for the few vocabulary savants who need to play a mobile version of Scrabble has now been played by everyone from seniors to children. If you have refused to join the legions of [...]

  All of us with a Facebook account have been in this situation before: (Insert random “friend”) has sent you a request to be your neighbor on (insert random Facebook game). More often than not these games seem to crop up and they appear to cater more and more to the audience some refer to as the “casual gamer”. The [...]