Mark Pincus spent $2.2M on his incubator; now he’s selling it to Zynga for $1 Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2015 1 min Zynga has acquired Superlabs, the incubator that Mark Pincus created after leaving Zynga, for $1. The acquisition closes the loop for Pincus, who started the... Continue Reading 1 min
Zynga launches FarmVille: Harvest Swap to reap match-3 profits Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 28, 2015 3 min The new title has innovations based on swiping items on the screen. Continue Reading 3 min
Zynga Poker’s struggles hurt overall market as players flee to social casino games Posted byby GamesBeat May 22, 2015 2 min But overall social poker revenues will dip from $179 million this year to $156 million in 2017. Continue Reading 2 min
Fantasy sports firm FanDuel creates new department with Zynga’s laid-off employees Posted byby GamesBeat May 22, 2015 3 min Zynga Sports 365 is dead, but almost all its employees will be working on new projects at fantasy sports league company FanDuel. Continue Reading 3 min
The DeanBeat: Has the next generation of mobile games arrived? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 15, 2015 6 min Will a new generation of triple-A mobile games knock out Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga? Continue Reading 6 min
Zynga beats estimates with $183M in revenues — but it’s cutting 364 jobs Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Zynga reported its first-quarter results today. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga goes hardcore with Empires & Allies on mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 5, 2015 6 min Zynga entrusted Empires & Allies to former Command & Conquer developer Mark Skaggs, whose games have been played by hundreds of millions. Continue Reading 6 min
Zynga’s No. 2 exec Clive Downie joins Unity Technologies as chief marketing officer Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 23, 2015 1 min The departure comes 15 days after Zynga announced that ex-CEO Don Mattrick left the social mobile gaming company. Continue Reading 1 min
The DeanBeat: In games, rebooting a big dream isn’t easy Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2015 5 min A tale of two companies with big dreams that have fallen down to Earth. Continue Reading 5 min
Zynga’s head of game studios quietly left before CEO change from Mattrick to Pincus Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 9, 2015 2 min Former Xbox Live exec left in March. Two new data experts have also joined Zynga. Continue Reading 2 min