Update: No deal: EA buys social gaming firm Ohai (exclusive)
Update: Ohai says the story is incorrect. Electronic Arts has purchased social gaming company Ohai, according to a source familiar with the matter. The...
Zynga’s 15th acquisition in 13 months: Toronto’s Five Mobile
Zynga has acquired the assets of Five Mobile, a Toronto-based developer of mobile apps. The new team will be known as Zynga Toronto and...
Zynga launches PrivacyVille tool to gamify user privacy
Zynga is launching PrivacyVille today, a game-like tutorial that rewards players with game points for learning more about the social game company’s privacy practices....
Nielsen: games are the most popular smartphone apps
More than half of all smartphone owners played games and racked up about 8 hours of play time each month in the second quarter...
GamesBeat veteran speakers come back for more
Today we’re revealing the tenth group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. This group is a set of veterans who have spoken...
Compared to Zynga, Groupon is run by a bunch of clowns
Social games maker Zynga, the developer behind smash hits like FarmVille and CityVille, filed for an initial public offering on Friday. It is one...
Will Zynga fare better than Pandora, Groupon in its IPO?
Zynga, the game developer behind smash hits FarmVille and CityVille, is the most profitable Web 2.0 company that has filed to go public this...
Crikey! Zynga’s IPO by the numbers
Social games maker Zynga, the developer behind smash hits like FarmVille and CityVille, filed for an initial public offering today, according to a filing...
On strength of new social games, Zynga files for $1B IPO
Social games maker Zynga, the developer behind smash hits like FarmVille and CityVille, filed for an initial public offering on Friday, according to a...
Kleiner’s Bing Gordon: gamers should make $3 an hour while playing
Online gamers should on average generate $3 of value per hour, regardless of the game they are playing — and game designers should aim...