Posts tagged Virtual-Goods

Zynga shutting down Street Racing game, offering credit for in-game purchases

by JC Fletcher (Jul 31st 2010 3:00AM)

Casual giant Zynga is shutting down its Street Racing game on August 2, immediately rendering void all the in-game items players bought with real money. Zynga offered no explanation in the announcement, simply suggesting that players try other Zynga games. Naturally, people whose fake worlds have ...

Game Center sparks light reactions from competing iPhone social network devs

by JC Fletcher (Apr 9th 2010 4:00PM)

Yesterday, Apple announced Game Center, a social gaming service for iPhone. Pretty much everyone with an iPhone has reason to be delighted with this development, except for companies like OpenFeint and ngmoco, which already operate social network gaming services for iPhone in OpenFeint and Plus+, ...

Man buys virtual space station for 330k real dollars

by Mike Schramm (Jan 2nd 2010 11:30AM)

Welcome back to Joystiq's Flip This House, finding you the best deals in gaming real estate! This week, we're looking at a doozy of a fixer-upper: it's a beautiful space station called the Crystal Palace, with multiple fine amenities, including four bio-domes (full of alien species to hunt), Trade ...