Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business Don Mattrick gets about $15M for leaving Zynga Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 8, 2015 1 min Mattrick will get a severance, his stock, and a bonus. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mattrick out, Pincus in at Zynga: Share price falls 10% Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 8, 2015 1 min Wall Street isn't happy about Pincus returning as CEO. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why CEO Don Mattrick is done at Zynga Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 8, 2015 5 min Mistakes with Zynga's biggest game and a failure to deliver any new hits likely led to Mattrick's departure. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga replaces CEO Don Mattrick with a familiar face — founder Mark Pincus Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2015 4 min Mark Pincus returns to day-to-day control of Zynga. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business VC Bing Gordon reflects on marketing games, hacking growth, and investing in social Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 6, 2015 13 min I had a wandering conversation with the partner at Kleiner Perkins about the latest in gaming. Continue Reading 13 min