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...
Zynga pays $100 million for Peak Games’ casual card game studio
Zynga has acquired the mobile card game studio of Turkey’s Peak Games for $100 million in cash. The move is one of the biggest...
How Trivia Crack put Argentina on the world’s game industry map
Here’s some trivia about the world’s most popular trivia game. Trivia Crack has more than 300 million users. Those players have answered more than...
Zynga launches partnership with Ferrari in CSR2 mobile game
Zynga is partnering with Ferrari in a marketing deal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the car company through a new line-up of vehicles...
Has Facebook become the game developer’s best friend?
Gaming is better with friends. And gaming is important at Facebook. Those are the takeaways that Brian Boland, vice president of publisher solutions at...
Why Zynga’s smiling on Dawn of Titans after killing Mafia Wars
Earlier this month, social game developer Zynga shut down Mafia Wars, the mobile reboot of the original web game that soft-launched back in April....
Zynga’s mobile revenue zooms up 31% in Q2 thanks to CSR Racing 2
Just as in Q1, Zynga broke some of its own records in Q2, generating $179.9 million in revenue in the mobile market. “We saw...
Zynga picks Unity Technologies to provide ads across its games
In what could trigger a shake-up in the mobile ad business, Zynga has chosen Unity Technologies as its exclusive mobile game advertising partner. Zynga...
USC film school taps ex-THQ exec Danny Bilson to run games division
The University of Southern California has always had a stellar reputation as being one of the best game design schools in the nation, and...