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By popular demand, Zynga brings Zynga Poker Classic back from retirement

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Social gaming company Zynga is taking fan feedback into account and will offer the older version of its popular poker game on mobile.

After months of live testing, the new mobile version of Zynga Poker launched in September. But a significant percentage of fans said they wanted to play the older version, which had previously been slated for retirement. Now, Zynga is bringing back the old version as Zynga Poker Classic.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.