Each week Playerize publishes a collection of interesting and noteworthy news stories from the social and mobile gaming world. Please have a look at the weekly news roundup for February 3rd, 2012.
International Mobile Gaming Awards nominees announced, category for Best Mobile-Social Game added
Facebook IPO: A Valuation Comparison To Other Social Media Stocks
Amazon still hiring for mobile, social gaming
RockYou taps into Facebook’s bingo trend with publishing deal for Bingo by Ryzing
Spry Fox sues 6waves Lolapps for copying Triple Town game
Buffalo Studios blasts Zynga for copying Bingo Blitz social game
Caesars Palace Joins the Facebook Gaming Roster
Statistics From The Mobile Games Forum
Facebook: Game Discovery Improved
Top 5 casino-themed Facebook games by popularity, with analysis
Gamification helps restaurant loyalty program secure $10M in funding
10 Analytics Tips for Game Developers and Publishers from Games Analytics
Why Product Managers Are About To Be The Most Important Paople in Gaming
Angry Birds Maker: Piracy Isn't a Bad Thing
Cost of Mobile User Acquisition Hits All-time High in December
How Mobile Games Leapt From Cult to Cultural Phenomenon
Could It Be Possible For Facebook Games To Beat Video Games?
Facebook IPO: The Numbers Behind the World’s Most Valuable Social Network [INFOGRAPHIC]
NASA Launches Multiplayer Facebook Game
Spil Games Has 170M Monthly Visitors Who Spend as Much as $60 a Month
Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO
Facebook IPO Reveals How It Made $3.71 Billion in 2011
FEATURE: The Rise of Social Games
How to Prepare Your Social Game for Massive Growth
Zynga Made Up 12% of Facebook’s Revenue in 2011
Mobile Ad Network Mojiva Reaches 1 Billion Devices
Facebook’s Net Income And Revenues: $1 Billion on $3.71 Billion in 2011
Facebook Brings Back Games Discovery Module
Zynga shares soar after Facebook IPO
Women Play Social Games More Than Men [INFOGRAPHIC]
The Force is With Digital, Mobile Games
World's Best Mobile Games Announced
Mobile Games: The Economics of Freemium [INFOGRAPHIC]
How to Prepare Your Social Game for Massive Growth
GameHouse Focused on Social, But Isn’t Betting on Real-money Facebook Gambling Yet