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...
Zynga hires former EA executive as its chief financial officer
Social mobile game publisher Zynga is announcing today it has hired games industry vet Gerard Griffin as chief financial officer. Griffin spent the past 10...
Zynga hires a game veteran as its chief marketing officer
Zynga has hired seasoned game marketer Doug Scott as its new chief marketing officer. Scott has more than 20 years of experience in interactive entertainment...
Zynga takes virtual farmers into new territory with FarmVille: Tropic Escape
Zynga is taking its prized FarmVille casual game brand into a new territory today with the launch of FarmVille: Tropic Escape, where you do...
Zynga boss looks to new games and reliable hits to replenish its audience
Zynga generated $174.7 million in bookings during Q2 2016, which is about even from the same period in 2015. But that is better than...
Zynga appoints former EA exec Matt Bromberg as COO
Zynga and Electronic Arts continue to trade executives. Today, social mobile game maker Zynga appointed former EA Mobile executive Matt Bromberg as Zynga’s chief...
Zynga refashions Words With Friends for the classroom
Zynga has launched a new version of its Words With Friends word game for classrooms. The new Words With Friends EDU is part of...
Facebook kicked Zynga to the curb, publishers are next
In hindsight, Zynga’s business never really made sense. When the gaming empire went public in 2011, the company hinged on fads (online farming?) and...
CSR Racing 2 and its ‘beyond console’ graphics launch on iOS and Android
You could call Zynga’s latest release a drag — but that’s just because its all about racing another beastly car down the line for...
Zynga chills out with launch of Ice Age: Arctic Blast mobile match-3 game
Zynga launched its Ice Age: Arctic Blast match-3 game today as part of a partnership with filmmaker Fox Digital Entertainment. It has some cross-promotion potential as it...