Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Business FarmVille on mobile thrills Wall Street Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 17, 2014 2 min FarmVille 2 may finally usher in Zynga's earnings turnaround. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business FarmVille 2: Country Escape comes to Android and E-I-E-iOS devices Posted byby Mike Minotti April 17, 2014 4 min FarmVille 2: Country Escape is Zynga's latest attempt to successfully bring Facebook's biggest game series to mobile platforms. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga gets a new chief financial officer — CEO appoints Best Buy financial strategist Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 10, 2014 2 min The social-gaming company turns to a veteran of retail. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hoping to ignite a mobile messaging wildfire, Tango snares Zynga's Words with Friends Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 3, 2014 2 min With Alibaba's investment, Tango is starting to sign bigger games for its network. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: The questions to ask about the current state of games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2014 15 min Here's the speech I made at the Game Developers Conference. Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga and its players donate $1M to support safe water nonprofit Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 27, 2014 1 min To date, Zynga.org has raised $18M for nonprofits through 150 in-game campaigns. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Candy Crush Saga gave its parent company the worst IPO of the year Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 26, 2014 2 min The Candy Crush Saga maker had a rough first day trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public and introduced its stock at $22.50. At the closing bell, its shares were trading at $19, which is down more than 15.5 percent. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Discover the state of mobile gaming in a fireside chat with SGN’s Chris DeWolfe (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 25, 2014 21 min SGN is making mobile games, but it hasn't abandoned Facebook as a proving ground for new ideas. Continue Reading 21 min