Categories Posted inin Business Clive Downie: Zynga looks for 'creative risk-takers' and 'best-in-class technology' Posted byby GamesBeat September 17, 2014 2 min Zynga's chief operating officer stresses the value of shared experiences where people feel alive and connected. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga's social slots chief leaves for a stealth start-up (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 14, 2014 1 min Maytal Olsha served as Zynga's real-money gambling head and then ran the social slots business. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development Developers: Win free tix to GamesBeat 2014 Posted byby GamesBeat September 5, 2014 1 min GamesBeat 2014 is the must-attend event of the fall for serious games developers, and we want to give you free tickets. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga unveils its NFL Showdown mobile game as it pushes into sports titles Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2014 4 min The football-manager game is the first in a series of Zynga Sports 365 titles. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology New mobile version of Zynga Poker finally debuts to a global audience Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2014 2 min After a delay during product testing, Zynga has taken the new mobile game to a worldwide audience. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Lessons from a game guru: Candy Crush Saga creator once survived six months without pay Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 18, 2014 19 min Tommy Palm seriously considered working at McDonald's. But he stuck with his career in video games. Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Here are our big speakers for GamesBeat 2014: Peter Molyneux, Zynga's Clive Downie, and Unity's David Helgason Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 15, 2014 5 min This is a first in a series of heavy-hitter speakers that we'll announced for our GamesBeat 2014 conference on Sept. 15-Sept. 16. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga chief Don Mattrick steers the struggling social game publisher into a mobile future (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 11, 2014 7 min The company's chief focuses on the long term, and the NFL may help him deliver on that goal. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga CEO explains his vision for long-term gaming leadership Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 7, 2014 3 min Don Mattrick says Zynga is being "purposefully competitive." Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga misses Wall Street expectations, but it invests in NFL and Tiger Woods games for the ‘long term’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 7, 2014 4 min A year into his tenure, CEO Don Mattrick is having a hard time growing revenues, but he remains an optimist about investing in social mobile games. Continue Reading 4 min