Continuing its international expansion, social and mobile game developer and publisher 6waves Lolapps announced its acquisition Smartron5. Smartron5's chief operating office Gage Galinger will become 6waves Lolapps' vice president of Content Development and will head up operations for the company in China.

Independent digital creation group Ankama announced that the long-awaited tactical massively multiplayer online role-playing game "Wakfu" will come out of beta in February 2012 and launch worldwide, with game publisher Square Enix having secured the North American rights.

B is for brains. It’s also for beta, the form in which Nexon America is letting gamers play "Zombie Misfits," a Facebook tower defense game in a cartoonish world of undead flesheaters.

Gamers can join in the hunt for the augmented reality monsters lurking all around us, armed only with the new "inviZimals: Shadow Zone" game and a PlayStation Portable.

Social games company King.com has expanded its North American presence by opening an office in San Francisco, and has appointed Jong Woo as King.com's U.S. senior business development director.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has named Guy W. Longworth as senior vice president, Marketing and PlayStation Network, in which position he will report to Jack Tretton, SCEA's president and chief executive officer.

Jimmy Fallon used his "Late Night" show to reveal his playable character in "Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With An Engine," the upcoming racing game published by Autumn Games and developed by Isopod Labs.

There aren’t that many movies about competitive birdwatching, so it seems natural that the National Audubon Society would be excited about 20th Century Fox’s "The Big Year." Goodby, Silverstein & Partners is hoping to tap into that enthusiasm with "Birding the Net," a social media campaign in partnership with Audubon to interest people in birds and protecting the environment they need to thrive.

It’s no accident that 'Ra.One' is premiering during Diwali, the annual spiritual celebration that starts today for millions of people, since the project is one of the biggest events to hit Bollywood. The science fiction movie uses all of the latest digital technologies to create and promote a tentpole release that marks a bold and ambitious move for the Indian film industry.

Global TV games platform PlayJam has secured $5 million in Series A financing from GameStop Digital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Endeavour Ventures, London Venture Partners and individual investors. The investment will be used to fund the startup's further growth into Asian and U.S. markets.