1）据gamasutra报道，在遭遇儿童网络安全风波之后，在线虚拟社区《哈宝旅馆》开发商Sulak为召回用户，在近日宣布推出一个新游戏平台（游戏邦注：据Sulake所称，之前的网络安全审查曾令其流失半数以上月活跃用户，导致MAU从900万降至400万）。

habbo(from massively.joystiq.com)

该公司推出新API支持开发者通过《哈宝旅馆》网站发布游戏，并计划在网站主菜单添加一个游戏中心选项，以便用户直接访问游戏。

目前开发者将可免费通过该网站推广游戏，并植入应用内置盈利方案及广告内容。但由于该网站目标用户是少儿群体，所以这些内容必须遵循严格的规章制度，不含暴力、色情、种族歧视、污言秽语、宗教政治攻击等元素。

2）据gamasutra报道，英国游戏设计顾问Tadhg Kelly日前加入美国初创公司Jawfish Games并担任创意总监一职。

Jawfish Games专长是开发基于竞赛的即时多人社交游戏，专注于创造平均时长为四五分钟的快速竞赛游戏。该公司已在Facebook发布一款文字游戏，将于明年推出一款竞赛型博彩游戏。

Tadhg Kelly(from gamesindustry.biz)

Tadhg Kelly已有20多年游戏行业经验，最初研究的是桌面游戏和现实动作扮演游戏，后来转向电子游戏领域。

3）据Zynga公司SEC文件显示，Zynga.com最近修改了同Facebook原先的“特殊”合作协议。原先的Zynga.com深度绑定Facebook平台，支持Facebook广告和Facebook支付系统（两者合作关系不同于一般开发商与Facebook之间的合作），但从2013年3月31日开始，Zynga将开始采用与其他开发商一致的Facebook绑定标准，Faceook将不再保证帮助Zynga实现特定的网络或移动发展目标。

zynga-facebook(from techinsidr.com)

这种情况意味着Zynga正失去在Facebook的一些独家合作优势，失去Facebook的保护，Zynga股价将再度受到重创。日前该公司股票售价跌至2.35美元。

这两者达成的新协议也表明，Facebook无需再受限于不得自主开发游戏的条款，不过Facebook发言人已经公开表示他们专注于打造平台而非成为内容开发者。

但这一协议也意味着Zynga从此可以在自己的游戏平台Zynga.com推荐、跨平台推广任何游戏（甚至是玩真钱的博彩游戏），第三方游戏也无需先发布于Facebook而后才能入驻Zynga.com，Zynga可以根据自己的需求将用户导向手机游戏产品。虽然Zynga已经不再拥有Facebook合作特权，但它仍可使用Facebook标准服务，例如Facebook通过移动平台搜集的游戏数据。

修订后的协议还指出，任何发布于Zynga.com的游戏一般也都能进驻Facebook（游戏邦注：但如果游戏仅限运行于移动平台，或者中国等Facebook服务不支持的地区则另当别论）；如果Facebook向真钱赌博游戏开放服务，那么Zynga.com也将在之后推出这类游戏。如果Zynga收购了入驻Zynga.com但并未在Facebook发布的社交游戏，那么Zynga也会在收购交易结束后向Facebook推出该游戏。

4）据serkantoto报道，日语聊天应用LINE（目前有7500万用户）日前开始绑定Facebook服务，其Android版本将首先推出Facebook绑定功能，随后再向iOS用户开放这一服务。

原有的Facebook用户现在也可以通过Facebook认证信息创建LINE帐号，并且LINE用户现在也可以直接通过LINE联系Facebook好友。

如果用户换了新手机号码或者手机设备，他们就能使用Facebook认证信息接管自己的LINE帐号。

5）据gamasutra报道，在线游戏门户网站Kongregate日前宣布推出免费游戏下载服务，并支持可下载游戏绑定Kongregate的社交元素。

kongregate-free-online-games(from freebies.about.com)

Kongregate还表示将与通过该平台发布可下载游戏的开发者加强合作，并向后者提供游戏机制以及盈利方案等咨询服务。该网站将与开发者针对免费游戏中的虚拟商品收益进行三七开分成。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）Habbo set to launch its own social games platform

By Mike Rose

Following a child safety scandal at online chat service Habbo, developer Sulake is now looking to reel users back in with the upcoming launch of a new game platform within the website.

An investigation into safety concerns at the children’s gaming and chat website caused investors and retailers to jump ship earlier this year, and Sulake says that it lost over half of its monthly active users as a result, down from 9 million to 4 million.

The new Habbo APIs will allow developers to publish games via the Habbo website, ready for the chat website’s millions of users to try their hand at. A new games center option is set to be added to the site’s main menu, giving visitors direct access to the library.

Initially promotion for games will be free through the website, and in-app monetization and advertising will be possible. However, as the website is aimed at young children, there are strict content guidelines that must be following, including no violence, nudity, drugs, racism, bad language, and political and religious content.

Antti Viitanen, Sulake EVP, explained to TechCrunch, “We have been thrilled to work with such a great bunch of talented game studios. Habbo offers developers globally a great opportunity to create games for the huge Habbo user base, especially now, when the platform isn’t yet crowded with games.”

Interested parties can read more about the Habbo APIs and sign up at the official website.（source：gamasutra）

2）Irish design consultant Tadhg Kelly joins U.S. startup

By Frank Cifaldi

Britain-based game design consultant (and frequent Gamasutra contributor) Tadhg Kelly is making a move to the United States to take on the role of creative director at a Seattle-based startup.

Kelly’s new home, Jawfish Games, specializes in tournament-based real-time multiplayer social games. The company tells us that its core focus is on creating quick-play tournaments that last “four or five minutes” on average.

Jawfish is hoping to spark a new interest in the casual and social space for multiplayer games, with its website saying that traditional leaderboards “are boring and downright meaningless.”

The company has a word game on Facebook already, and will launch tournament-based casino games next year (note: Jawfish CEO Phil Gordon is a professional poker player).

Tadhg Kelly has been working in games for twenty years, first in the table-top and live-action role-playing spaces and then in video games. His credits include Lionhead’s The Movies, among others.（source：gamasutra）

3）Agreeing to see other people — Zynga.com ending Facebook payments, ads in March

AJ Glasser

Zynga.com is no longer an extension of the Facebook platform, according to an SEC document filed today.

Originally, Zynga’s games platform featured an extremely deep integration with the Facebook platform that appeared to be born of the developer’s privileged relationship with Facebook.

Zynga.com previously supported Facebook ads and Facebook payments in a deal unlike anything any other developer had enjoyed. As of March 2013, however, Zynga is relegated to using the standard terms of service that every other developer agrees to when integrating Facebook with their own sites.

Here are the cons: Zynga is losing some (but not all) of its exclusivity with Facebook. As the developer struggles with falling stock prices and decreasing returns on investment in blockbuster social games, losing some protection from Facebook might cause stock to dip even lower. Zynga closed today at $2.62 and is now at $2.35 in after-hours trading.

Effective on March 31, 2013, Facebook will no longer guarantee Zynga certain web or mobile growth targets in exchange for continuing to invest in games on the platform.

Also with the new agreement, Facebook will no longer be prohibited from developing its own games, however, it’s unlikely that the social network would get into the game development business any time in the near future. The company has generally taken the position of being a platform rather than producing its own content.

“We’re not in the business of building games and we have no plans to do so,” a Facebook spokesperson said. “We’re focused on being the platform where games and apps are built.”

Here are the pros: Zynga can now feature, cross-promote and launch just about whatever game it wants on Zynga.com — even real money gambling games. Third-party games no longer need to be available on Facebook before hitting Zynga.com and Zynga can redirect players to mobile titles at its own discretion. Even better, Facebook’s standard terms of service allow Zynga to use Facebook data collected from mobile titles (e.g. email addresses), so it’s not as though Zynga is cut off from Facebook, even if it is less privileged than it was a year ago.

The amendment is also careful to state that any games launched on Zynga.com will “generally” be available on Facebook, though not in cases where the game is mobile-only or available in regions where Facebook isn’t allowed (China). If Facebook opens up its platform to real money gambling, Zynga plans to launch its real money games on the platform after the fact.

Additionally, if Zynga buys any social game that was on Zynga.com but not on Facebook prior to the buy, Zynga plans to bring the game to Facebook after closing the acquisition.

Facebook provided the following statement in response to Zynga’s updated SEC filing:

“We have streamlined our terms with Zynga so that Zynga.com’s use of Facebook Platform is governed by the same policies as the rest of the ecosystem. We will continue to work with Zynga, just as we do with developers of all sizes, to build great experiences for people playing social games through Facebook.”

Zynga chief revenue officer Barry Cottle made the following statement:

“Zynga’s mission is to connect the world through games. In order to do this, Zynga is focused on building enduring relationships with consumers across all platforms from Facebook and Zynga.com on the web to tablets and mobile.  Our amended agreement with Facebook continues our long and successful partnership while also allowing us the flexibility to ensure the universal availability of our products and services.”（source：insidesocialgames）

4）Good Move: LINE Starts Integrating With Facebook

by Dr. Serkan Toto

Japanese chat app sensation LINE (75 million users and counting) has done the inevitable: it started integrating with Facebook.

Maker NHN Japan says that while the Facebook connection went live on Android first, LINE users on iOS can expect the same feature in the near future.

The main bullet points here are that existing Facebook users can create LINE accounts with their FB credentials (no phone number needed) and that LINE users can now invite Facebook friends to become contacts directly from within the app.

NHN Japan also says that even if two users are already friends on LINE, connecting via Facebook accounts is possible, too.

When users get a new phone number or change the handset, they can use their Facebook credentials to take over their LINE accounts easily.（source：serkantoto）

5）Kongregate adds free-to-play downloadable games to its portal

By Mike Rose

Online game portal Kongregate has expanded beyond the confines of the web browser, today announcing the launch of a free-to-play downloadable games section on its website.

The GameStop-owned company is now providing interested parties with the tools to enable promotion and monetization of digital titles via the portal, and downloadable titles can be integrated with Kongregate’s social elements.

Kongregate also says that it will work closely with developers who choose to launch their downloadable games via the 15 million unique monthly visitors-strong portal, offering hands-on game mechanics consulting and ideas for how best to apply monetization.

The first bunch of titles to take advantage of the new platform are Super Monday Night Combat from Uber Entertainment, Smashmuck Champions from Kiz Studios, and Bomb Buddies from Balanced Worlds.

“Adding downloadable titles brings a new level of gaming to core players looking for high-definition graphics with more options and content to select from,” noted Kongregate co-founder Jim Greer.

Any virtual goods sold are split 70 percent to developers, 30 percent Kongregate, of the gross revenue generated. （source：gamasutra）