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Facebook’s Strategy: Growth In Desktop, Core, Mid-Core Games

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:30:26 +0000

Facebook has a sizable share of the games market, but it wants more. Most of the people who pay for games on Facebook are casual gamers, with titles such as King.com’s Candy Crush Saga at the forefront. But as Sean Ryan (pictured), Facebook’s director of games partnerships, discussed at the Game Developers Conference Tuesday in San Francisco, the company wants to become a bigger player in the games market through more action and console-like games.

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Facebook Games Team Releases Schedule For Game Developers Conference 2013

David Cohen — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:31:43 +0000

Facebook Director of Games Partnerships Sean Ryan provided details on the Facebook Games team’s schedule at Game Developers Conference 2013 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco March 26 in a post on the social network’s developer blog.

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What’s Ahead For Facebook Games In 2013?

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:29:04 +0000

Games are an important part of the Facebook ecosystem. As the games market diversifies, with new developers entering the mix, so do the titles available on the social network. At a media event for Berlin-based developer Wooga in San Francisco Thursday, Facebook Director of Games Partnerships Sean Ryan discussed the future of social games with AllFacebook, pointing out that Facebook is working to offer a more diverse array of games to users, as well as to make it easier for gamers to have a continuous experience on desktops, phones, and tablets.

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More Console Style Games Looking To Move To Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:27:40 +0000

Currently, most popular Facebook games differ greatly from console video games. There are bubble shooters and several iterations of “with Friends,” and these games are, for the most part, fairly simple. But Reuters writes that more complex, visual games could make their way to the social network this year. A few developers are looking to bring more console-quality gaming to Facebook.

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Facebook Lauds King.com As Model Of Facebook Integration

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:23:50 +0000

Game developer King.com announced its newest Facebook game, Pet Rescue Saga, last night at a launch party. King.com also previewed a mobile version of one of their most popular games, Candy Crush Saga. The company had a very important fan in attendance — Sean Ryan, Facebook’s director of games partnerships, who said King.com is making all the right moves.

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Facebook Backs Zynga As Game Developer Shrinks

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:42:15 +0000

Despite a bleak third-quarter financial report from game developer Zynga, Facebook still believes the company can rebound. After Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that the company’s revenue from Zynga has dipped 20 percent, a Facebook representative told select members of the media Thursday that the social network still has faith in the struggling game maker.

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The Future Of Facebook Games Lies In Mobile And Strategy

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:59:09 +0000

Facebook prides itself on being the social network. One of the main ways the site has facilitated connections is through games. Facebook discussed with select members of the press Thursday what makes them successful and how this platform will evolve in the future, using examples such as SongPop and Words with Friends to show how games transcend pixels.

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Facebook’s Sean Ryan Discusses The Diversity Of Games And Latest Trends

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:52:21 +0000

Not long after King.com’s Alex Dale weighed in on the state of Facebook games, the social network’s own director of game partnerships, Sean Ryan, sat down with VentureBeat. Ryan talked about how Facebook games are now a worldwide phenomenon and also addressed subscriptions, SongPop, trends, and 3D games.

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Director of Platform Partnerships Ethan Beard Is The Latest Top Exec To Leave Facebook

David Cohen — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:43:44 +0000

Director of Platform Partnerships Ethan Beard became the latest high-level departure from Facebook, announcing his decision in a post on his Facebook page.

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Facebook: No One's Playing On Google Plus Yet

Matt McKinley — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:21:39 +0000

At a recent press event, Facebook Director of Game Partnerships Sean Ryan had some choice words for Google Plus, his new competition in the social gaming landscape.
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