Why Nintendo’s Miitomo should frighten every other mobile game publisher
Late last month, Nintendo released its first mobile game in the United States: Miitomo, launching a ton of hype. This app is based on Nintendo’s...
Zynga’s Zindagi studio debuts Crazy Cake Swap match-3 game
Zynga is banking on new games to boost its fortunes in the $34.8 billion mobile game market. And today, it is launching two games,...
Zynga hopes Willy Wonka slots mobile game will be its golden ticket
Zynga said earlier this year that it is launching 10 new games that could turn around its fortunes in mobile games. And it is...
Analysts and investors react well to Zynga’s new CEO Frank Gibeau
Zynga’s stock price rose 4 percent to $2.25 a share in the first full day of trading on Wall Street after the company announced...
Mark Pincus and Frank Gibeau talk about the future of Zynga and social mobile gaming
Zynga and Electronic Arts have exchanged hostages yet again. Zynga, the San Francisco social mobile game company announced yesterday that it had named former EA executive Frank Gibeau...
Zynga stock price jumps 7% as new chief executive replaces Pincus
Zynga’s founder has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer for the second time, and this has Wall Street thrilled. The social-gaming...
Meet Frank Gibeau, Zynga’s new CEO
Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success.
Zynga names ex-EA mobile exec Frank Gibeau as its CEO
Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as...
How Bruce Shelley brought a board gamer’s view into designing Civilization
Before he worked on Civilization with legendary game designer Sid Meier, Bruce Shelley was a board game designer at companies such as Avalon Hill....
FarmVille co-creator Mark Skaggs catches the express train to India to make mobile games
Mark Skaggs is a seasoned game designer whose hits such as FarmVille and Empires & Allies reached more than 365 million people. But after seven years...