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Chris Nuttall wrote about the boom in social gaming applications on Facebook back in April. Then in May, as the two-year anniversary of Facebook’s platform rolled around, I wrote how social games were by far its most popular category of applications. Now, Chris and I have collaborated to describe how social games are growing up . Social gaming, where social networks become venues for virtual pets and fantasy mob wars, is becoming a real world battleground for industry players trying to c

Tokyo, Japan - Sony is believed to be developing a new phone which would compete with the iPhone while offering gaming on the move. According to Japan's Nikkei Business Daily, the company is setting up a project team to develop a 'cellphone-game gear hybrid' that would integrate Sony Ericsson phones with the PlayStation 3 . With gaming applications appearing on the iPhone, such a move would win over customers and keep games developers focused on the PlayStation platform. TheiPhone

We've been hearing rumors about a non-game app store for the PSP since the launch of the PSP Go , and it sounds like the wheels are turning -- in an interview with CNET, Sony's Al De Leon said that while PSP content "will mostly be games, there's an opportunity to look at non-gaming applications." Sure, that's not exactly a hard confirmation, but it's certainly suggestive -- maybe we'll see something at Gamescom in August after all. Video after the break. [Via Joystiq ] Continue reading

We’ve been hearing rumors about a non-game app store for the PSP since the launch of the PSP Go , and it sounds like the wheels are turning — in an interview with CNET, Sony’s Al De Leon said that while PSP content “will mostly be games, there’s an opportunity to look at non-gaming applications.” Sure, that’s not exactly a hard confirmation, but it’s certainly suggestive — maybe we’ll see something at Gamescom in August after all. Video after the break. [Via Joystiq ] Continue reading Sony hin

Downloadable games, music and videos won't be the only things you can fill your PSP Go with. The door has also been opened to non-gaming apps thanks to the price reduction on the PSP SDK . The goal with that is to enable all sorts of developers to be able to develop content for the PSP, said SCEA 's Al de Leon in a video interview with CNET . It ll mostly be games but there s certainly an opportunity to develop non-gaming applications. There was a rumor a while back about some n