GamesBeat weekly roundup: Quake creator joins Oculus VR, Amazon may create an Android console
This week, Quake creator John Carmack joins Oculus VR as chief technology officer, Amazon may be working on an Android console, and GamesBeat writer...
Zynga finally says it will shut down Draw Something developer OMGPOP that it bought for $180M
The move represents another retreat under new CEO Don Mattrick.
Zynga may be closing Omgpop game studio that it bought for $180M
Zynga bought OMGPOP at its peak, and one year later it appears to be shutting it down.
Zynga’s stock dives 12 percent after layoffs
After laying off 18 percent of its employees — 520 people — social game publisher Zynga saw its stock price fall 12 percent to $2.99 a share. Zynga’s stock was halted after the news broke around 11:35 am Pacific time. But it fell further when trading resumed. In after-hours trading, the stock rose slightly to $3 a share.
Aiming for better profits, Zynga cuts even deeper into once-beloved games (interview)
In wake of a second breakeven quarter, Zynga's No. 2 describes the social-gaming giant's latest strategy.
Zynga launches Draw Something 2; terrible artists weep
Zynga claims it improved the social stickiness of Draw Something in the sequel.
Facebooker-turned-game dev Tam stays calm in the mobile storm (interview)
Storm8 has more than 400 million downloads and 10 million daily mobile gamers. Chief executive Perry Tam says it did that by being bold.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney shutters LucasArts, Zynga tries to reinvigorate OMGPOP, and more
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
How GungHo Online Entertainment created Puzzle & Dragons, the surprise billion-dollar mobile game
The company's hit game is on its way to $1 billion in revenue, and its market value is bigger than Zynga's.
CityVille lead steps in to reinvigorate sluggish Zynga acquisition OMGPOP
Zynga New York gets new leadership as it prepares to launch Draw Something 2 after the original's audience shrank by more than 12 million players.