Zynga departures finish new CEO's complete makeover of the management team Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2014 2 min Travis Boatman, mobile game exec, and Terence Fung, biz dev guy, are the latest to leave. Continue Reading 2 min
Has game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble speculation? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2014 22 min Five global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business -- and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady environment. Continue Reading 22 min
A walk on the California coast with Eric Schiermeyer, the cofounder and former analytics expert at Zynga (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2014 19 min We ran a story earlier this week on Eric Schiermeyer, the co-founder of Zynga and the analytics expert behind its success, and his new... Continue Reading 19 min
Candy Crush Saga helps King account for a quarter of all time spent gaming on Android Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 30, 2014 2 min Between all of its releases, King takes up 26 percent of the time Android owners spend gaming. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga cofounder readies launch of Greedy Goblins from new mobile game studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 29, 2014 4 min Eric Schiermeyer wants to build a different kind of game company where the incentive is to stay small and lean. Continue Reading 4 min
The DeanBeat: What the game industry learned from Mark Pincus Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 25, 2014 4 min It's easy to forget what a CEO accomplished in a seven-year run. Continue Reading 4 min
Facebook’s desktop gaming revenue slips in the first quarter of 2014 Posted byby Mike Minotti April 24, 2014 1 min Zynga and King games make up most of Facebook's app revenue. Continue Reading 1 min
YoVille lives: Zynga agrees to let developer Big Viking Games take over operations Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 24, 2014 3 min A fan-favorite Zynga game will live on under the control of its original creators. Continue Reading 3 min
Big Zynga shakeup leaves founder Mark Pincus out of day-to-day operations Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 23, 2014 2 min Former Microsoft Xbox Live veteran Alex Garden will run Zynga's game studios. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga beats expectations as its mobile business starts to pick up social’s slack Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 23, 2014 3 min Zynga is well positioned for a potential resurgence in 2014 if FarmVille 2 can deliver on iOS and Android. Continue Reading 3 min