Dan Porter Archives

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney shutters LucasArts, Zynga tries to reinvigorate OMGPOP, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 5, 2013
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If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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CityVille lead steps in to reinvigorate sluggish Zynga acquisition OMGPOP

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 2, 2013
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Zynga New York gets new leadership as it prepares to launch Draw Something 2 after the original's audience shrank by more than 12 million players.

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OMGPOP chief exec Dan Porter’s job goes pop

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 2, 2013
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Almost exactly a year after Zynga bought one-hit wonder OMGPOP for a cool $200 million, OMGPOP chief executive Dan Porter has been replaced by Zynga VP Sean Kelly.

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Zynga exec: Debate over clones is a ‘distraction’ — everyone copies

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 11, 2013
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Zynga New York general manager explains what he meant when he admitted that the developer copies others.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 6, 2012
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Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...

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Draw Something hits mobile game record as it passes 50M downloads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 4, 2012
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Draw Something, the Pictionary-style app that Zynga acquired with its $180 million purchase of OMGPOP, has surpassed 50 million downloads. In just 50 days,...

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OMGPOP CEO responds to criticisim of his tweets about former employee

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 1, 2012
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CEO Dan Porter responds to critics who have called his remarks about his former employee petty. "It wasn't about Shay. It was about the 41 other people that made it happen." Porter also explains his "hoodie" tweet that seemed to capitalize on the Trayvon Martin tragedy.

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OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter tweets that his former employee is a failure

OMGPOP CEO tweets that only employee not to transition to Zynga was the “weakest” one (UPDATED)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 1, 2012
4 min

In a pair of tweets, CEO Dan Porter of Draw Something developer OMGPOP called the one employee who turned down Zynga "selfish" and "the weakest one" on the team. Many fans of the sketching game for smartphones stated that they're uninstalling Draw Something based on Porter's behavior.

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After 35 draws, OMGPOP finally got it right (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 22, 2012
4 min

Zynga acquired OMGPOP today for a reported $200 million. It was a clear statement that, as powerful as each of these companies are on...

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OMG Stop! Why Zynga is considering $200M purchase of DrawSomething creator OMGPOP

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 20, 2012
2 min

Welcome to the wild world of mobile gaming, where a new king can be crowned in the span of three weeks, and a struggling...

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