Executive turnover continues: Zynga loses its chief marketing officer Jeff Karp Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 10, 2012 1 min Zynga has suffered a number of executive departures recently. The latest is Zynga's chief marketing officer, Jeff Karp. Continue Reading 1 min
The DeanBeat: The race between the game giants and the startups Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 7, 2012 4 min Who will win the race in the video game business: startups or giants? Continue Reading 4 min
Another day, another Zynga double departure Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 30, 2012 2 min Zynga's exodus continues. Two more execs leave. Continue Reading 2 min
In latest departure, Zynga loses its chief creative officer Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 29, 2012 2 min The loss of Mike Verdu is just the latest setback for the struggling social-game giant. Continue Reading 2 min
Kixeye steals a general manager from Zynga, rescuing him from the ‘dark side’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 23, 2012 3 min Kixeye recruits a general manager away from Zynga so he can make "real" games. Continue Reading 3 min
Zynga sets aside a huge pile of low-priced stock for employees Posted byby GamesBeat August 19, 2012 3 min Social game giants plans to use this to keep employees around and on target, even as its stock price sinks downward. Continue Reading 3 min
The DeanBeat: What’s next for Zynga as its ‘happily ever after’ fairy tale ends? Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 17, 2012 5 min Zynga had a bad quarter, but this does not mean that social gaming is completely and utterly collapsing. Continue Reading 5 min
Gree grows North American mobile game revenue by 38% in Q2 Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 16, 2012 2 min Gree grew its Q2 revenues by 38 percent over Q1 in North America. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga COO John Schappert steps down Posted byby GamesBeat August 8, 2012 2 min Beset by charges of copyright infringement and insider trading, the bad news keeps rolling in for Zynga as the social game company confirms the departure of chief operating office John Schappert. Continue Reading 2 min
Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat August 6, 2012 17 min Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back. Continue Reading 17 min