synopsis: Kabam, a developer of real games for social networks, announced the acquisition of high-end social game developer, WonderHill. WonderHill developed the strategy social game Dragons of Atlantis and other quality games including the popular Facebook game Tattoo City.

synopsis: RockYou®, a leading social gaming company, announced the acquisition of social game developer 3 Blokes. Based in Brisbane, Australia, 3 Blokes will operate independently as a RockYou studio and develop strategy and combat-driven Facebook games. RockYou is expanding its studio system to support top independent developers around the world.

synopsis: Net Element, a publisher of digital destinations and Internet services provider, announced that it has acquired vDream Inc., a privately held social gaming company based in Oakland, CA. vDream offers car enthusiasts a unique application to build, customize and race their own cars within a competitive social community.

synopsis: PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ZipZapPlay, a social games company. With the acquisition, PopCap increases its Facebook games lineup and positions itself for further growth and continued success in one of the hottest digital games categories.

synopsis: Peak Games, the fastest‐growing emerging markets games company in the world, has acquired Saudi social games giant Kammelna Games, marking a step forward to further cement the company's leadership in two of the world's largest emerging markets, Turkey and Middle East North Africa (MENA).

synopsis: Electronic Arts Inc., a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, announced the acquisition of KlickNation, a developer of free-to-play social role-playing games for social platforms including Facebook®. KlickNation has become BioWare Sacramento, part of EA’s BioWare™ label.

synopsis: Lolapps, a top five social games company, and 6waves Inc., a leading international publisher of gaming applications, announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement creating one of the largest networks of social gaming applications on the web. The two companies attract more than 35M monthly active users globally.

synopsis: eGames, Inc., a publisher of popular casual games at retail and online for over ten years announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Heyday Games, Inc., a producer of cross-platform social game content, effectively making eGames one of the only publicly-traded social game companies in the market today.

synopsis: Klab Inc announced that it acquired Pikkle Inc., a social application provider.

synopsis: Kabam™, a leading developer of free-to-play hardcore social games, announced it has acquired 3D social game developer Gravity Bear, creator of the innovative role-playing combat game, Battle Punks™. The acquisition pairs Gravity Bear’s leadership in cutting edge 3D browser game development with Kabam’s expertise in scaling free-to-play games.

synopsis: PostUp, the social media platform founded by Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross, announced that it has acquired UberTwitter, the leading Twitter client on the BlackBerry platform. UberTwitter is also available for iPhones.

synopsis: RockYou has announced the acquisition of social game developer Playdemic. Based in Manchester, England, Playdemic will operate independently as Playdemic, a RockYou studio, and develop Facebook games for the mainstream audience.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, and Acclaim Games, a developer of social networking and downloadable casual games, announced that Playdom has acquired Acclaim. Acclaim was privately held and is based in Los Angeles, California.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced the continuation of its roll-up of talented social gaming development teams with the acquisition of Merscom, LLC. Privately held Merscom develops online and social games for third parties with nationally recognized brands.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced it has acquired Three Melons, a premier developer of online games. A leader in social gaming technology, Three Melons has developed sophisticated proprietary software to enhance the production of games and is also an early adopter of cutting edge development tools like Unity 3D.

synopsis: RealNetworks, Inc., the digital entertainment services company, announced it has acquired Canadian social games company Backstage Technologies Inc. Backstage will add valuable expertise in both engineering and monetizing games for social platforms to GameHouse, Real's digital games division.

synopsis: Idle Media, Inc. reported that it has closed on the previously announced acquisitions of the assets of three online properties: www.prisonblock.com, www.chixr.us, and www.tweetvibe.com.

synopsis: Zynga announced that it has acquired Tokyo-based Unoh, one of Japan’s leading social games companies. Unoh will be part of the foundation of Zynga Japan’s mobile product efforts, which will be a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Zynga, accelerating Zynga Japan’s entry into the Japanese social gaming market.

synopsis: Google Inc. said it has bought social widget maker Slide Inc., a deal that gives the Internet search leader a team of developers with extensive social-networking experience. Slide develops applications and virtual goods for Facebook, MySpace and other websites.

synopsis: Walt Disney is making a big move into social games, with the purchase of social game developer Playdom for up to $763.2 million. Over the last year, Playdom has been rapidly expanding its line-up of titles through the acquisition of eight gaming startups. It now ranks as the top social game developer on MySpace and the fourth biggest on Facebook.

synopsis: Kabam, a developer of real games for social networks, announced the acquisition of high-end social game developer, WonderHill. WonderHill developed the strategy social game Dragons of Atlantis and other quality games including the popular Facebook game Tattoo City.

synopsis: Kabam™, a leading developer of free-to-play hardcore social games, announced it has acquired 3D social game developer Gravity Bear, creator of the innovative role-playing combat game, Battle Punks™. The acquisition pairs Gravity Bear’s leadership in cutting edge 3D browser game development with Kabam’s expertise in scaling free-to-play games.

synopsis: Kabam™, a leading developer of hardcore social games, announced that it has acquired Fearless Studios, an independent game development studio led by award-winning writer and game director Haden Blackman and technology leader Cedrick Collomb.

synopsis: Kabam, a developer of real games for social networks, announced the acquisition of high-end social game developer, WonderHill. WonderHill developed the strategy social game Dragons of Atlantis and other quality games including the popular Facebook game Tattoo City.

synopsis: Kabam, a developer of real games for social networks, announced the acquisition of high-end social game developer, WonderHill. WonderHill developed the strategy social game Dragons of Atlantis and other quality games including the popular Facebook game Tattoo City.

synopsis: RockYou®, a leading social gaming company, announced the acquisition of social game developer 3 Blokes. Based in Brisbane, Australia, 3 Blokes will operate independently as a RockYou studio and develop strategy and combat-driven Facebook games. RockYou is expanding its studio system to support top independent developers around the world.

synopsis: Net Element, a publisher of digital destinations and Internet services provider, announced that it has acquired vDream Inc., a privately held social gaming company based in Oakland, CA. vDream offers car enthusiasts a unique application to build, customize and race their own cars within a competitive social community.

synopsis: PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ZipZapPlay, a social games company. With the acquisition, PopCap increases its Facebook games lineup and positions itself for further growth and continued success in one of the hottest digital games categories.

synopsis: Peak Games, the fastest‐growing emerging markets games company in the world, has acquired Saudi social games giant Kammelna Games, marking a step forward to further cement the company's leadership in two of the world's largest emerging markets, Turkey and Middle East North Africa (MENA).

synopsis: Electronic Arts Inc., a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, announced the acquisition of KlickNation, a developer of free-to-play social role-playing games for social platforms including Facebook®. KlickNation has become BioWare Sacramento, part of EA’s BioWare™ label.

synopsis: Lolapps, a top five social games company, and 6waves Inc., a leading international publisher of gaming applications, announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement creating one of the largest networks of social gaming applications on the web. The two companies attract more than 35M monthly active users globally.

synopsis: eGames, Inc., a publisher of popular casual games at retail and online for over ten years announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Heyday Games, Inc., a producer of cross-platform social game content, effectively making eGames one of the only publicly-traded social game companies in the market today.

synopsis: Klab Inc announced that it acquired Pikkle Inc., a social application provider.

synopsis: Kabam™, a leading developer of free-to-play hardcore social games, announced it has acquired 3D social game developer Gravity Bear, creator of the innovative role-playing combat game, Battle Punks™. The acquisition pairs Gravity Bear’s leadership in cutting edge 3D browser game development with Kabam’s expertise in scaling free-to-play games.

synopsis: PostUp, the social media platform founded by Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross, announced that it has acquired UberTwitter, the leading Twitter client on the BlackBerry platform. UberTwitter is also available for iPhones.

synopsis: RockYou has announced the acquisition of social game developer Playdemic. Based in Manchester, England, Playdemic will operate independently as Playdemic, a RockYou studio, and develop Facebook games for the mainstream audience.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, and Acclaim Games, a developer of social networking and downloadable casual games, announced that Playdom has acquired Acclaim. Acclaim was privately held and is based in Los Angeles, California.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced the continuation of its roll-up of talented social gaming development teams with the acquisition of Merscom, LLC. Privately held Merscom develops online and social games for third parties with nationally recognized brands.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced it has acquired Three Melons, a premier developer of online games. A leader in social gaming technology, Three Melons has developed sophisticated proprietary software to enhance the production of games and is also an early adopter of cutting edge development tools like Unity 3D.

synopsis: RealNetworks, Inc., the digital entertainment services company, announced it has acquired Canadian social games company Backstage Technologies Inc. Backstage will add valuable expertise in both engineering and monetizing games for social platforms to GameHouse, Real's digital games division.

synopsis: Idle Media, Inc. reported that it has closed on the previously announced acquisitions of the assets of three online properties: www.prisonblock.com, www.chixr.us, and www.tweetvibe.com.

synopsis: Zynga announced that it has acquired Tokyo-based Unoh, one of Japan’s leading social games companies. Unoh will be part of the foundation of Zynga Japan’s mobile product efforts, which will be a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Zynga, accelerating Zynga Japan’s entry into the Japanese social gaming market.

synopsis: Google Inc. said it has bought social widget maker Slide Inc., a deal that gives the Internet search leader a team of developers with extensive social-networking experience. Slide develops applications and virtual goods for Facebook, MySpace and other websites.

synopsis: Walt Disney is making a big move into social games, with the purchase of social game developer Playdom for up to $763.2 million. Over the last year, Playdom has been rapidly expanding its line-up of titles through the acquisition of eight gaming startups. It now ranks as the top social game developer on MySpace and the fourth biggest on Facebook.