GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 5: Social and Mobile)
Shiny Timeline cover images of mobile and social games like Angry Birds Space, CityVille, and Bejeweled Blitz for your Facebook profile.
Plant a money tree in Farmville as Zynga and American Express launch new rewards program
Social gaming giant Zynga has connected with credit company American Express to provide a rewards program where users can receive virtual game rewards for using their real-life American Express card.
Casino games surpass farm games as the darlings of social networks
FarmVille took Facebook by storm in 2009 and gave rise to a sea of rival farm simulations. But those games have begun to decline,...
Zynga earnings preview: what the analysts think
Zynga’s stock price has been falling in recent days in advance of the company’s first quarter earnings report today. The shares are trading at...
The DeanBeat: “Evil” Zynga learns that old labels can come back to haunt you
Is Zynga evil? When Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the maker of the wonderfully creative Draw Something app, it was a great moment....
Zynga shareholders to raise $400M in secondary offering
Zynga, the largest maker of social games on Facebook, has filed papers to raise $400 million in a secondary public offering. The money will...
Snack your way to FarmVille success, as Zynga teams up with Frito-Lay
For better or worse, snacking and gaming seem to be inexorably linked. Now social gaming giant Zynga is building on this relationship, by teaming...
Brazilian social gaming firm Vostu lays off staff
Brazilian social gaming firm Vostu confirmed that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees. The company confirmed the layoffs but declined to say...
Hasbro licenses game characters and brands from Zynga
Hasbro and Zynga are announcing a deal where the big toy company will create toys based on Zynga’s game characters and social gaming brands....