Move over Farmville, Gardens of Time is Facebook’s most popular game
To the dismay of bosses and spouses everywhere, Facebook, by way of third-party social games, offered social networkers a daily distraction they could not...
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...
The Last Guardian exec producer quits Sony for social gaming developer Bossa Studios
The executive producer of delayed Playstation 3 exclusive, The Last Guardian, has left Sony to become creative director at Bossa Studios, the developer behind...
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...
Idle Games helps you find new friends in social games
Social gaming company Idle Games launched its first social game, Idle Worship, today at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 conference in San Francisco. Idle Worship...
Exclusive: Meet Guerillapps’ Trash Tycoon, a social game to bring out your green side
Social games maker Guerillapps today launched Trash Tycoon, a social game about recycling that’s designed to encourage “upcycling” — the process of converting old...
Zynga lines up its next social game: Adventure World
Zynga just revealed a teaser for its next big social game, an Indiana Jones-inspired creation called Adventure World. The video trailer on the new...
Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)
Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...
Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony
Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
The Sims, a life simulation game, is one of Electronic Arts’ most successful franchises. The company has sold more than 140 million copies of...