Zynga plans to acquire CSR Racing developer NaturalMotion for $527 million Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 30, 2014 2 min Half a billion will add two mobile hits to Zynga's stable of products. Continue Reading 2 min
Analyst: Brazil, Russia, India, and China as well as Steam will help PC gaming top $24 billion by 2017 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min Valve's Steam Machines might also lead to growth for the PC gaming market. Continue Reading 2 min
Updated: Zynga to finally shut down one of its oldest games, YoVille Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 12, 2014 2 min Fans of YoVille aren't going quietly, and they're lobbying for Zynga to save the game. Continue Reading 2 min
Now you can make in-game purchases in Farmville 2 (and other Zynga games) with Bitcoin Posted byby GamesBeat January 5, 2014 1 min If you own some Bitcoins, and you also like to play online games, you’re in luck: Zynga is testing Bitcoin payments in some of... Continue Reading 1 min
Holiday helping: Zynga’s Farmville players raise $1M in 20 days to feed the hungry Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 24, 2013 2 min Zynga's players purchased holiday-themed items to help pay for 9 million meals. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga’s Mark Pincus asked Obama to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 19, 2013 1 min The question shows how much Silicon Valley has been stung by the NSA revelations. Continue Reading 1 min
Zynga teams up with Elvira, ‘Duck Dynasty,’ and ‘Sex and the City’ for celebrity-endorsed slots game Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 28, 2013 2 min The horrifying faces of Duck Dynasty are coming to haunt Zynga's Hit It Rich slots game. Continue Reading 2 min
Jens Begemann on Wooga’s plan to create million-dollar mobile blockbusters (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 28, 2013 9 min Social-game developer Wooga found success on mobile with Jelly Splash, a color-tile matching game with more than 10 million downloads in eight weeks on iOS. Continue Reading 9 min
How China’s Perfect World plans to be a player in mobile games — and the West Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 26, 2013 11 min Robert Xiao's Perfect World has 4,500 employees working on online and mobile games. But will he make a brand in the West? Continue Reading 11 min
Zynga’s share price up 10% after a ‘less terrible than expected’ third quarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 25, 2013 2 min Despite the jump, Zynga hasn't convinced analysts that it's on the path to profitability. Continue Reading 2 min