CrowdStar ditches Facebook game development to focus exclusively on mobile - Gamezebo

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[**CrowdStar ditches **Facebook game** development to focus exclusively on mobile**][3]
**Gamezebo**
By Josh Wittenkeller With revenue on the decline, many market analysts have begun to declare the death of **Facebook** social **gaming** in lieu of the expanding mobile market. For at least one developer, this proposed future has become a reality.
[Has social **gaming** on **Facebook** peaked?][4]Econsultancy (blog)
[CrowdStar cans new **Facebook games** as studio switches focus to smartphones][5]Pocket Gamer.Biz
[Abandoning **Facebook**: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile][6]Frisky Mongoose (press release)
[Games.com News (blog)][7]
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