There’s been a lot of coverage in the past few days about the success and growth of social gaming. Some highlights: The FT reports that Facebook is the most popular gaming destination in the world with 200...

AppData and InsideSocialGames track the most popular games on Facebook and MySpace on a rolling monthly basis. The chart (embedded below) makes an interesting read.

In a sign that social games companies are taking gameplay design ever more seriously, SGN has hired Eric Lindstrom as Chief Creative Officer. Lindstrom was creative director and principal designer of Tomb Raider Underworld and story designer, screenplay...

Wired has run an article on German boardgame The Settlers of Catan that has swept the world and is beginning to make Americans play board games again. It’s social, quick to play and attracts both adults and...

The games industry’s reliance on sequels and big brand franchises won’t cut it in in the new world of social networking. That was the message from Kristian Segerstrale, CEO of Playfish, at GDC. Playfish is one of...

Bias out of the way: I was always in love with The Path. As an idea, and as an envelope pushing prospect, it’s a project I’ve been following for some time. It’s also visually arresting. This is...

Last Friday marked the international release of Tale of Tales‘ The Path – a game where the player guides one of six girls (at varying stages of growing up) through a dark retelling of Little Red Riding...