Take Two CEO attacks Zynga for “sketchy” metrics and biz model
Zynga‘s tens of millions of regular players and burgeoning revenues have many investors excited about its fast approaching Initial Public Offering, but Take Two...
Zynga employees give Mark Pincus a 46 percent approval rating
The claws are out for Mark Pincus, chief executive of social game maker Zynga, today. First, the New York Times published a negative story...
Facebook changes how it tracks users, raising questions about true audience numbers (exclusive)
Zynga may be losing some ground after spending years completely dominating the Facebook social gaming market. Facebook today announced that it is changing the...
Zynga’s accounting change sets off alarms
Zynga made some changes to its accounting and disclosed new stock repurchases, setting off alarm bells at one analyst firm that studies the value...
The DeanBeat: What does Zynga’s big unveil event mean for its IPO?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on business and technology called The DeanBeat, while executive editor Dylan Tweney is writing a column...
Mark Pincus, a potential multibillionaire, finally takes center stage at Zynga (video)
Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga, has been out of the public eye for months, mainly due to regulatory restrictions on what CEOs of...
Zynga launches a broadside of 10 new social and mobile games
Zynga is announcing 10 new social games today, , showing off the firepower of the company recent acquisitions of game development talent. To date,...
Zynga launches three HTML5 games to run on mobile browsers
As part of a big game platform Zynga is announcing today, the company is launching three new titles that will run across platforms and...
Zynga gives 70 times more voting power to CEO Mark Pincus
Social game maker Zynga is remaking its stock rules to give chief executive Mark Pincus 70 times more voting power than the shares that...
Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. If Google properly channels that anger, it...