Zynga building hub for mobile gadget game play
Social games star Zynga on Tuesday celebrated its fifth birthday a week early with a peek at a platform designed to let people play with each other no matter what gadgets they use. full story
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Zynga stock plunges as mobile transition seems a long way off
Shares of Zynga fell 10 percent in early trading Thursday after the San Francisco game maker forecast a bigger-than-expected second-quarter loss on concerns about its slow transformation into a gaming company focused on mobile.
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Zynga NY studio chief leaves after mobile games disappointment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of Zynga Inc's New York studio has left the social gaming company a year after its $180 million purchase of his mobile game start-up failed to produce the expected results.
reuters.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
You're Playing Smartphone Games In The Bathroom, Aren't You? [Infographic]
Some fun stats about mobile gaming. Mobile gaming is big because it's just so darn convenient. You can play a round of something in bed, in transit, or--no judging here--in the bathroom, as 11 percent of mobile gamers apparently do, according to this infographic from SponsorPay (which works with game companies like Zynga and EA). Some other interesting things gleaned from...
popsci.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
It's gambling game on for Zynga starting Wednesday
We hope you've been saving your lunch money, because starting tomorrow, you'll be able to gamble actual clams in two Zynga games. That is, if you live in the U.K.Real-money versions of ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino will be the first of Zynga's forays into the realm of pay to play. Players will even be able to play a FarmVille-themed slots game (oh boy!). The games will...
techradar.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
Zynga's War of the Fallen is a Refined Card Battler
Zynga’s second foray into the “card battle” genre, War of the Fallen (iOS), is a solid one. War of the Fallen places a layer of polish and panache on a now saturated mobile game genre, as free-to-play card battlers in a variety of styles are released on a daily basis. If you’ve never played a card battler, the concept is simple.
forbes.com (1 month and 3 days ago)
Zynga talks Running With Friends, Draw Something 2 and tablet-first plans
Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus recently described 2013 as "a transition year" for his company, as it tries to translate its historical dominance of the Facebook social games market into similar popularity on smartphones and tablets. There have been bright spots already: Poker by Zynga has been a fixture in the upper reaches of Apple's Top Grossing chart; Words With...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
OMGPOP’s Dan Porter Is Out at Zynga
Zynga said Monday that Dan Porter has left the company about a year after buying his mobile-game maker OMGPOP.
wsj.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
Zynga shutters and consolidates CityVille 2, Words with Friends studios
Zynga, once the leader in social gaming, has been hit by even more tough times as it shutters and consolidates its studios in Maryland, Texas, and New York.Chief operating officer David Ko announced that Zynga's offices in McKinney and downtown Austin, Texas have been closed, with those teams relocated to offices in Dallas and North Austin.The company's New York offices are...
techradar.com (2 months and 25 days ago)
Draw Something to become a celebrity-laden, C4 game show called Draw It!
The hugely-popular Draw Something mobile app is about to take over our television screens with a tea-time game show on Channel 4 called Draw It!According to a report from Marketing Week, the new show will feature two teams, made up of a celebrity and a member of the public, who'll attempt to win gold coins and cash prizes by drawing out clues.To round off the show there'll...
techradar.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
Zynga relaunches gaming site, loosens Facebook ties
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online game publisher Zynga Inc relaunched its website on Thursday, allowing users to play its games without first signing on to Facebook, a significant step toward establishing its independence from Facebook Inc.
reuters.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
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