Categories Posted inin Technology Aiming for better profits, Zynga cuts even deeper into once-beloved games (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 25, 2013 8 min In wake of a second breakeven quarter, Zynga's No. 2 describes the social-gaming giant's latest strategy. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga launches Draw Something 2; terrible artists weep Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 25, 2013 1 min Zynga claims it improved the social stickiness of Draw Something in the sequel. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga to shut four more weak games, including The Ville Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2013 2 min Zynga also killed two unreleased games, but it is on the verge of launching Draw Something 2. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga hits earnings targets and stays profitable in Q1 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2013 4 min Still, shareholders are spooked. Zynga's stock is trading down, perhaps because metrics and outlook are weak. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA pulls the plug on 3 Facebook games Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 15, 2013 1 min The Sims Social, SimCity Social, and Pet Society are all coming to an end on Facebook in June. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Next Xbox rumors, BioShock Infinite talk, and more … Posted byby GamesBeat April 12, 2013 2 min If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga boosts its deck with second card-battler game for mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 12, 2013 2 min Zynga spices up the card-battler genre with a heavy focus on storytelling and social features. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga targets core gamers with Battlestone action-RPG for mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 10, 2013 1 min Zynga continues to target a wide audience of gamers with this latest release. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development Facebooker-turned-game dev Tam stays calm in the mobile storm (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 9, 2013 12 min Storm8 has more than 400 million downloads and 10 million daily mobile gamers. Chief executive Perry Tam says it did that by being bold. Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga Mobile amps up its third-party publishing with biggest game yet Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 8, 2013 2 min Zynga is ready to expand its third-party mobile publishing business. Continue Reading 2 min