Merry Christmas, Zynga: CityVille eclipses FarmVille as the world’s biggest game Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 24, 2010 2 min In just 22 days, Zynga‘s CityVille has eclipsed FarmVille as the world’s biggest game. Today, CityVille added an astounding 6.9 users to end the... Continue Reading 2 min
CityVille could surpass FarmVille’s 56M users in a few days Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 20, 2010 3 min After just 18 days, Zynga’s CityVille social game has soared to more than 47.9 million monthly active users. At its current growth rate, CityVille... Continue Reading 3 min
Fastest-growing game in history: Zynga’s CityVille hits 26M players in 12 days Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 15, 2010 4 min Zynga‘s CityVille has become the fastest-growing game in history. And based on an interview with a key Zynga executive, that isn’t an accident. The... Continue Reading 4 min
Zynga launches rewards program with Citi Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 7, 2010 1 min Finding a new way to make money, social game firm Zynga is announcing an alliance with Citi where it will make a line of... Continue Reading 1 min
Call of Duty Black Ops multiplayer blows away other video games on engagement Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 7, 2010 6 min When a video game like Call of Duty Black Ops debuts, it’s hard to measure its true impact. The latest installment of the modern... Continue Reading 6 min
Zynga has its best launch ever with CityVille social game Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2010 1 min Zynga said today that it had its best social game launch ever with the debut of CityVille last week. In its first 24 hours,... Continue Reading 1 min
In 7th deal in seven months, Zynga acquires mobile game company Newtoy Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 2, 2010 3 min Zynga said moments ago that it has acquired Texas-based mobile game company Newtoy, the maker of games such as Words with Friends on the... Continue Reading 3 min
Zynga launches FarmVille in Japan: will the Japanese like purple cows? Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 1, 2010 2 min In a bid to find new markets for its blockbuster social game, Zynga is announcing a localized version of its FarmVille game in Japan... Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga finally caters to international audience with localized versions of next game Posted byby GamesBeat November 18, 2010 2 min Zynga’s games on social networks already have a lot of international appeal. It seems the social game giant is finally catering to that market... Continue Reading 2 min
Who needs Facebook? Zynga launches first two games on Yahoo Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 16, 2010 2 min Following through on a plan to diversify beyond Facebook, Zynga has launched its first two games on Yahoo’s network of web sites. The previously... Continue Reading 2 min