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Angry Birds has made it to Facebook

The ridiculously huge international mobile hit Angry Birds has made it to Facebook. Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio, had stated at Casual Connect that there was real excitement when they hit the first 100 million installs, with less excitement at 200 million and then less at 300 million and so on.  I’m guessing however that

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Zynga’s Empires & Allies and Player Retention via Leaderboards

“My female friend just described Starcraft 2 to her girlfriend like Farmville, but with attack function.” -nihilion_Zero on reddit I laughed pretty hard at that quote about Starcraft, but this is also a good description of Zynga’s Empires & Allies. They’ve taken Farmville mechanics and added in some basic attack options.  The game is a

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