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The top social games could learn a thing or two from Big Fish Games' Fairway Fever.

Facebook and mobile game developer just announced their first sequel, Mafia Wars 2, which looks a lot like a Grand Theft Auto-themed Civilization game.

"Freemium" is not a four-letter word. League of Legends is proof that; done right, the model can be both profitable for developers and worthwhile for players.

The boom of popularity of MMOs in China has given rise to an entirely new, though illegal, industry in the country: gold farming.

Bitmob's pictorial weekly news recap: Looks great...less reading!

Dog Wars is the latest tasteless game to gain exposure in the media. While Apple removes games it deems inappropriate from its App Store, Google has cast its Android operating system as the permissive mobile OS. Will they hold to that stance?

In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Brett Bates, Demian Linn, and Rus McLaughlin mull over the topic of alternative gaming platforms. The crew discusses GameStop's Flash-based website Kongregate, casual play on Facebook, iPhone apps, and their favorite non-digital games.

With all of their updates and and annoyances, social-network-based games seem like a rather embarrassing pastime.

News Blips for December 22, 2010. Activision adds new defendants to its lawsuit against former Infinity Ward employees, donate for one Humble Indie Bundle, get one free, Microsoft discounts Xbox Live Arcade games until the end of the year, and more.

News Blips for August 20, 2010. A new product lets gamers play backup copies of PlayStation 3 games, Mafia Wars developer Zynga in hot water after guerilla marketing stunt, bizarre "Xbox News" app in Canada turns out to be Halo: Reach alternate reality game, and more.

What if Pokemon had their own Facebook accounts? It would definitely be hilarious.

Tired of spending your paycheck on full-price games? Why not spend nothing? Why not avoid the trip to the store entirely? Here are some great free-to-play titles worthy of your time. Check em' out!

News Blips for May 7, 2010. Game Informer accidentally confirms LittleBigPlanet 2, developer takes pit bull dogs out of Mafia Wars due to complaints, Nintendo (sort of) considers premium online content, and more.

How can indie developers find more independence and increased financial success? A possible solution may come from a surprising place: the organic foods industry.

PETA's relationship with games exhibits misunderstanding, overzealousness, and in some rare cases, actual reason.

Area 5's Matt Chandronait joins Bitmob's Demian Linn, Dan Hsu, and Brett Bates to discuss the ethics of journalism, developer clout, spring releases, microtransactions, and which games they'd trade to see new titles in a franchise that got cut short.

What were Bitmob's ten most-read community submissions from February? If only somebody put together a list...

News Blips for February 23, 2010. Doritos is sponsoring a Pro-Gaming Combine, updates on various efforts by gamers to raise money for Haiti, Sony admits that the PSP Go was confusing for customers, and more.

A Carnegie Mellon professor gives us a glimpse of the real-world future -- and everything is a video game.

What happens when a hardcore gamer takes on the casual Facebook game Mafia Wars?