Categories Posted inin Business Zynga losses aren’t bad, but the decline in social gamers continues Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2013 3 min Daily active users fall from 60 million a year ago to 30 million now. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga announces a hiring, not a departure: DeNA West’s Clive Downie is its new chief operating officer Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2013 2 min Downie jumps from DeNA West to the No. 2 job at Zynga. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs, times are still uneasy at Zynga, and mobile games soar in value Posted byby GamesBeat October 18, 2013 3 min This week, Ubisoft delays two of its next-gen launch games (Watch Dogs and The Crew) perilously close to the new console launch dates, mobile... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Analyst: Zynga’s new-CEO honeymoon could end soon as it continues to bleed users Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 17, 2013 2 min Zynga's games are shedding players at an alarming rate, and the publisher will have to explain how it plans to turn things around if it hopes to maintain the faith of the investment community. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga cofounder leaves the social-game developer Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 17, 2013 1 min The former Zynga Poker lead engineer wrote on Facebook that he is heading off on his own again. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: GTA Online’s rocky launch, Mojang revealed, and going to League of Legends school Posted byby GamesBeat October 4, 2013 2 min This week, legendary military thriller author Tom Clancy dies at 66, Grand Theft Auto V’s online mode launches but not without a few problems,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Founder of struggling social gaming giant Zynga Mark Pincus ‘bored’ with games Posted byby Mike Minotti October 2, 2013 1 min He was responding to an Israeli entrepreneur who asked him about his favorite games. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga officially withdraws bid to get gambling license in Nevada Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 30, 2013 1 min Zynga had previously indicated that it was deemphasizing gambling in the U.S. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ads account for up to 30 percent of social-game revenue (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 30, 2013 2 min Data from Appnext shows that advertising in social titles is no longer something that developers can forget about or ignore. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Schappert’s Shiver Entertainment hired two top game veterans Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 25, 2013 3 min John Schappert's co-founders include his former Tiburon co-founder and a Zynga data-driven design expert. Continue Reading 3 min