Playdom, formerly known as YouPlus, built its own little empire as one of the leading makers of games for the MySpace social network. Now the company hopes it can repeat that success on Facebook. It ...

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Social gaming company Playdom continues its acquisition spree with the announcement that it has acquired free-to-play specialist Acclaim Games. The Acclaim name was resurrected in 2006 by Howard Marks ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced today it has acquired well-known Facebook developer Green Patch, Inc., and Trippert Labs, an experienced ...

Playdom has announced that Marvel: Avengers Alliance will be shutting down for good on April 20th, 2014. "Although it is a difficult decision to shut down a game," a note to the players states, "this ...

Former EA COO John Pleasants has joined social games developer Playdom as its new CEO. Co-founder and current CEO Dan Yue will take the position of chief product officer, and says Pleasants' ...

Playdom, the number three player in the social gaming space, has hired Thomas Weisel Internet analyst Christa Quarles to be its CFO. The obvious implication is that Playdom could be gearing up to go ...

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Disney has confirmed that it is to buy social gaming company Playdom for up to $763 million, $200 million of which is connected to a performance-linked pay-out. The deal adds Playdom's 15 development ...

Making an offer that you are not likely to decline, today Playdom has launched the first iPhone mafia game linked to a social network. The number one game on Myspace.com, Mobsters, will be busting ...