Social play is transforming mobile gaming
Mobile gaming is a massive market with 2.6 billion players – and it’s about to get even bigger. Why? Major technology advancements and new...
Words with Friends 2 launches with new social features like co-op play
The word of the day is “sequel” — as in Zynga launched Words with Friends 2 today to follow up its hit puzzle game Words with...
How Zynga plans to grow through acquisitions, new games, and live ops
Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau wants to make sure that the company’s strong performance for the third quarter that ended September 30 isn’t a fluke. The...
Turner’s ELeague takes esports to the mainstream
Craig Barry is one of the esports true believers at Turner Sports. The executive vice president and chief content officer at Turner is one...
Player creativity is the future of gaming
Humans possess an insatiable desire to create, to build, and to shape the world around us. Examples span from rudimentary cave paintings, to the...
Zynga and MGM are planning a Words With Friends TV show
Zynga has teamed up with MGM Television to develop a primetime TV show based on Zynga’s Words With Friends puzzle game. There’s a trend...
Zynga CEO: ‘The most vibrant, largest, most social audiences on mobile are in messaging apps’
Zynga reported one of its strongest revenue quarters in years today as it hit $207 million in bookings, up 14 percent form a year...
Zynga launches Words With Friends for Instant Games on Facebook Messenger
Zynga is starting to bet big on Instant Games, the instantly playable games on Facebook Messenger and iMessage. And today, the company is launching...
Zynga credits focus on legacy hits Words With Friends and Zynga Poker for positive Q4 earnings
Thanks to some of its legacy games, Zynga had a good financial fourth quarter for 2016. The mobile and social game publisher reported GAAP...
Words With Friends downloads grew 74% on iPhone after launching on the App Store for iMessage
Apple has a new App Store, and it is helping at least one game find renewed interest from mobile gamers. Zynga’s Words With Friends...