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Social gaming is essentially the intersection between mobile gaming and social networks; it has become so popular that whole conferences and summits are devoted to it, not to mention a whole host of websites and teams of developers dedicated to pushing its boundaries.

A little over a month after the release of Mindfeud, the new social board game from Monkeybin, we thought we’d share some of the good news with you. The reviews have been great and we’re building a good following of users who’ve downloaded the game for their iOS, Android or Kindle Fire.

Among the many things that your smartphone is, it’s also a games board; and traditional board games that don’t survive the crossover to the electronic mobile and/or social format may be short-lived. The simple beauty and challenge of the original board games were amongst the first to lend themselves to the electronic format and now, with the rise of the social side of gaming, many of them are as popular as ever and being played across large networks of players.

The new game from the Monkeybin team is a move away from dexterity and hand to eye co-ordination and towards getting your brain into gear!

With the recent release of MindFeud – Monkeybin’s social board game for mobile iOS and Android devices – we thought we’d take a look at the whole genre of social gaming to see what’s happening.

Cloned app scandals, Chinese app allegations, rumours about the iPad 3 – just another week of Apple bites that have been causing some “noise” in the media; we round up the top stories for you below.

When was the last time you paid for a game on your iPhone?

There’s a lot of discussion currently about how freemium games are shoving paid games to one side and how developers can make this deal work for them as well as it does for the end user. We take a look at the state of play!

Nope. That’s not the name of a new Hollywood blockbuster. It’s a fact according to recent studies that have looked at the portion of the mobile gaming market currently being enjoyed on the Android platform.

It seems that many of the mainstays of the entertainment industry have declined in popularity over the past 12 months - but that certainly doesn’t apply to mobile games. They are becoming the new darling of modern entertainment!

Whether you are new to the joys of electronic gaming or have migrated over from portable consoles to mobile handset or tablet gaming, there are a number of ways you can make the whole experience more enjoyable.