Owen Van Natta steps down from executive role at Zynga
Owen Van Natta, the chief business officer at social game maker Zynga, is stepping down from that post and moving to a new role...
Zynga launches CastleVille social game and new FarmVille plush toys
Social game maker Zynga formally launched CastleVille as part of its accelerated release schedule for games in advance of its planned initial public offering....
Zynga will debut on NASDAQ as “ZNGA”
Social gaming giant Zynga has decided to list its shares on the tech-heavy NASDAQ stock exchange, according to a recent filing with the securities...
Zynga’s Shrek-inspired CastleVille is ‘building on the shoulders of giants’ (Q&A)
Amid a host other game announcements, Zynga unveiled its newest “Ville” game, CastleVille, at the Zynga Unleashed event this week. CastleVille certainly seems more...
Ugh: Zynga’s Farmville in talks for movie treatment
As annoying as it is to get Farmville requests from friends on Facebook, now there may be no way to escape the popular game:...
EA’s The Sims Social breezes past Zynga’s Farmville
Game publishing company Electronic Arts‘ newest social game, The Sims Social, has passed social gaming supergiant Zynga’s Farmville and now has 36 million monthly...
Electronic Arts’ The Sims Social hits 4.6 million daily players a week after launch
Electronic Arts’ latest Facebook game, The Sims Social, has picked up more than 4.6 million daily active users after launching a week ago, according...
Electronic Arts’ The Sims Social is now live
The Sims Social, a social gaming version of Electronic Arts’ incredibly popular life simulation franchise The Sims, is now live on Facebook. Electronic Arts’...
Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)
Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...
Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony
Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...