Nexon has brought their immensely popular Maple Story franchise to Facebook via MapleStory Adventures. Nexo’s MapleStory Adventures combines the action roleplaying game elements of the original MapleStory game with the social networking of Facebook, giving players the ability to recruit their friends directly into their quests. Sounds like fun! Maple Story screenshots “MapleStory Adventures represents [...]

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has likened Call of Duty as a social phenomenon and compares the first person shooter franchise favorably to Facebook and text messaging, in terms of cultural relevance. “The audience of ‘Call of Duty’ is probably greater in terms of size than in any other interactive form of entertainment,” Kotick told CNN. [...]

A couple of respected tech sites (Techcrunch and VentureBeat) are reporting that Google secretly has invested somewhere between 100 and 200 million USD in social games developer Zynga. This reported investment is alleged to be part of a Zynga partnership in preparation for the launch of Google Games. Google Games is reported to allow folks [...]

Speaking to Bloomberg Television, EA Sports head Peter Moore said his division will soon introduce a version of its Madden NFL game to Facebook users, saying it is essential that the football simulation be made more accessible. First Civilization Network then a made for facebook FPS game and now Madden? Facebook has really hit the [...]