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Glu Mobile acquires PlayFirst

"PlayFirst brings to Glu one of the largest casual gaming brands of all time"

Rachel Weber

Tom Hall steps up as VP of creative for Playfirst

Doom co-creator also heads up Diner Dash studio

Matt Martin

PlayFirst acquires Big Head Mode IP

Two of Douche Defender studio's founders also joining Diner Dash publisher

Brendan Sinclair

In-game purchases on tablets nearly tripling sales on smartphones

Study finds tablet virtual good sales totaling $914 million in past 12 months, compared to $341 million for phones

Brendan Sinclair

Playfirst VP: Recognizable characters key to App Store success

Becky Ann Hughes believes only the strong characters survive

Asif Khan

Tom Hall joins PlayFirst

Veteran developer joins Diner Dash outfit as principal designer

Brendan Sinclair

PlayFirst makes undisclosed number of layoffs

Diner Dash publisher sheds staff after difficult period

Dan Pearson

PlayFirst pulling Diner Dash from Facebook

Social dev looking to refocus efforts on other platforms

Dan Pearson

$9.2m funding for PlayFirst

Diner Dash studio looking to move further into social games thanks to VC help

Alec Meer

'We're not gamers', say 60% of female gamers

2/3 Americans play games, claims study - and 87% of those are on PC/Mac

Alec Meer

PlayFirst's Mari Baker

The CEO on iPhone potholes, Facebook vs Google and making games for women

Alec Meer

PlayFirst: There's not enough diversity in the games industry

Hiring a "white guy in a suit" won't lead to alternative ideas, says president of Diner Dash creator

Alec Meer

Online publishers cautious of Google's social game plan

PopCap, PlayFirst and Monumental execs discuss whether Google can take down Facebook

Alec Meer

Former EA exec joins PlayFirst

Mitali Pattnaik joins company as GM of social games

Kath Brice