Archive For Zynga Tag

“Zynga has done free-to-play a terrible disservice”- SOE boss

“Zynga has done free-to-play a terrible disservice”- SOE boss

"Many of their releases are monetisation products - not games."

Zynga files for real money gambling application in the US

Zynga files for real money gambling application in the US

Trying to dominate in the US, eh?

Zynga Loses Two More Key Executives

Zynga Loses Two More Key Executives

Roy Sehgal and Steve Schrech are the latest to leave the flailing social games studio.

Zynga CEO in Tears Over Talks of Turning Company Around: Apple Director

Zynga CEO in Tears Over Talks of Turning Company Around: Apple Director

Departures and plummeting stock share prices continue to dog the social games dev.

Zynga to close Fishville and Treasure Isle

Zynga to close Fishville and Treasure Isle

Zynga reduces losses.

Anonymous hacktivist group to target Zynga?

Anonymous hacktivist group to target Zynga?

Zynga's online operation could be in danger.

Zynga reports loss of $160 million over 9 months

Zynga reports loss of $160 million over 9 months

However, business revenue goes up

EA’s Peter Moore has faith in social gaming, says Zynga’s condition is unrelated

EA’s Peter Moore has faith in social gaming, says Zynga’s condition is unrelated

EA is positioned well to take advantage of the social gaming space.

Zynga lays off staff during Apple’s iPad Mini event hoping no one would notice
Zynga Burning to the Ground, Legal Department its Only Profit: Kixeye CEO

Zynga Burning to the Ground, Legal Department its Only Profit: Kixeye CEO

Kixeye CEO Will Harbin says Zynga is "bleeding top talent" and ignoring its problems in favour of legal recourse.

Zynga Ventures into Hasbro-Produced Board Games of Social Media Titles

Zynga Ventures into Hasbro-Produced Board Games of Social Media Titles

Will this be the turnaround the Farmville developer needs?

EA is standing up for the industry and defending their studio against Zynga

EA is standing up for the industry and defending their studio against Zynga

In case you haven't noticed, EA and Zynga are at war, with EA delivering the first blow by accusing the company of copying The Sims Social. Zynga created a game called The Ville which is quite simil... Read More

Zynga doesn’t take advantage of its talent pool and prefers cloning – Nimblebit

Zynga doesn’t take advantage of its talent pool and prefers cloning – Nimblebit

David Marsh from Nimblebit had some constructive criticism for Zynga as he mentioned that the publisher doesn't take advantage of its talent pool and just prefers cloning successful games. "I kno... Read More

Activision co-founder: “Zynga-Like” games gives the casual market a bad name

Activision co-founder: “Zynga-Like” games gives the casual market a bad name

It seems like everyone is against Zynga now, after EA recently sued them for copying their Sims IP. It's a known fact that gamers hate Zynga the most compared to any other corporation out there, eve... Read More

Farmville Creator Blames Facebook for Financial Losses

Farmville Creator Blames Facebook for Financial Losses

At one time, Facebook and Zynga were more or less synonymous. You went to the big F for your social gaming fix. That's the way it was. But Zynga gained much success from it's Farmville and Mafia War... Read More

Draw Something craze fizzles out

Draw Something craze fizzles out

It looks like Zynga might have made a mistake in acquiring Draw Something developer, OMGPOP. Reason? Decline in userbase. And that's a big thing considering the app was no. 1 on the iOS Store and se... Read More

Zynga bid $2 billion for Angry Birds, Rovio turned them down

Zynga bid $2 billion for Angry Birds, Rovio turned them down

Oh shit, it seems like Zynga wanted to expand their empire even more by offering $2 billion to Rovio for their lucrative IP, Angry Birds, according to few inside sources of Bloomberg. They denied, ... Read More

Report: EA to lay off 500 – 1000 people next week

Report: EA to lay off 500 – 1000 people next week

EA will lay off 500 - 1000 employees early next week, according to Derek Andersenof Startupgrind. He wrote that it represents almost 5-11% of their workforce and mentioned that it's due to a lot of... Read More

Zynga buys OMGPOP for $180 million

Zynga buys OMGPOP for $180 million

Zynga has purchased OMGPOP for $180 million. The studio was responsible for creating the current sensation in the App Store - Draw Something. Not a bad deal, isn't it? The studio consists of 40... Read More

Facebook Gaming Boom fizzles, monthly active gamers drops by 50%; Zynga affected

Facebook Gaming Boom fizzles, monthly active gamers drops by 50%; Zynga affected

Well it looks like it's finally time for the bubble to burst - that's right, Facebook MAUs (monthly active gamers) fell from 50 percent in 2010, to just 25 percent in 2011. A 50% decline cannot be ... Read More