Zynga launches iPhone game Dream Heights: Let the copycat wars begin
Zynga launched its Dream Heights mobile game for the iPhone and iPad today. The title enables players to build the “skyscraper of the century,” but...
GamesBeat weekly news roundup
Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now,...
The DeanBeat: Billionaire Mark Pincus breaks out of quiet period (exclusive interview)
Mark Pincus is the newest billionaire in Silicon Valley, thanks to the December initial public offering of Zynga, the social game giant he founded...
Zynga CEO: We aren’t the copycats on Bingo social game (exclusive interview)
Mark Pincus, chief executive of social gaming giant Zynga, denied that Zynga copied a rival’s Bingo game on Facebook. Instead, he said in an...
The DeanBeat: Should Zynga move into online gambling?
Do gambling and Facebook games go together? Slot machine maker International Game Technology answered that question with a resounding “Yes!” when it bought Double...
Zynga hires away EA’s top mobile and social executive Barry Cottle
Social gaming giant Zynga has hired Electronic Arts’ top mobile and social executive Barry Cottle as Zynga’s new executive vice president of corporate and...
2012 predictions: It’s doom & gloom for Amazon, RIM and Zynga
The predictions I made for 2011 turned out pretty well, since I framed things like any good fortune teller or horoscope would have done....
Will they laugh this time? Shervin Pishevar predicts social mobile games to dwarf Facebook games
As the founder of Social Gaming Network, Shervin Pishevar squared off against Zynga in the early days of social gaming. But Pishevar veered off...
Zynga closes at $9.50 a share, down 5 percent in IPO debut
Zynga’s initial public offering wasn’t as popular as the company hoped, with the stock closing at $9.50 a share, down 5 percent from its...
The complete history of Zynga (so far) in handy e-book form
To mark Zynga‘s stock-market debut, we’re releasing a 63-page e-book on the history of the company. In just five years, social-gaming company Zynga has...