Paris-based casual games developer Pretty Simple’s hidden-object adventure game title Criminal Case has been named as the ‘Game of the Year 2013’ by social network Facebook.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted the need for guidance in the app industry to protect consumers following a recent sweep of more than 350 app games in the Google Play and Apple App Stores.

Social gaming company Zynga has confirmed that general manager Tim Catlin has left the company to take up the role of vice-president of engineering at the Change.org social change platform.

Pool and sportsbetting operator Sportech has signed a joint venture with gaming software provider NYX Gaming Group to provide online products and services in the US for both social and pay-to-play gaming.

TradeFight, which claims to be the first social gambling platform to offer players the chance to challenge each other and bet on real financial data, has gone live.

Jumio will be hosting a free webinar on the five ways in which fraudsters are stealing identities and how to prevent them coming to your site whilst welcoming legitimate customers.

Fantasy sports and social gaming operator Picklive Limited has entered into a new partnership with the Telegraph Media Group as part of a move to strengthen the newspaper publisher's fantasy sports service.

Sales-tracking company the NPD Group has cited growth in physical and digital video gaming as the reasons behind significant year-on-year growth in the amount US consumers spent on games during the third quarter of 2013.

Global mobile social company Gree is considering making acquisitions outside of its social gaming core business in an attempt to halt a continuing decline in revenue.