Why the Canadian government is OK with picking winners and losers among game startups
Canada has hit its stride in video games, with more than 20,400 direct and an additional 16,000 indirect jobs in the game industry. It...
A decade later, the former chief Xbox officer revisits his critical decisions
Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001. And it made billions of dollars on the Xbox 360....
The DeanBeat: In games, rebooting a big dream isn’t easy
A tale of two companies with big dreams that have fallen down to Earth.
Zynga replaces CEO Don Mattrick with a familiar face — founder Mark Pincus
Mark Pincus returns to day-to-day control of Zynga.
Zynga chief Don Mattrick says company intends to learn from lessons of 2014
Zynga will launch six to ten games this year, including a new FarmVille "match 3" game.
Missing analyst targets, Zynga reports break-even Q4 and slight loss for 2014
Zynga plans on launching a lot more mobile games in 2015.
Zynga shares more of its troubles with its flagship poker game
Zynga Poker players rebelled, forcing an option for a "classic" game. And the new one didn't run well on a lot of devices.
Why King looks better than Zynga in the casual game market
The two big players in the casual game market have switched positions in the last two years.
Zynga EVP Barry Cottle is latest exec to leave social gaming giant
Now the turnover of executives under new CEO Don Mattrick is complete.
After 6 months of testing, Zynga finally launches its critical mobile game New Words with Friends
Your stats from the older version will carry over to the New Words with Friends.