The DeanBeat: What’s next for Zynga as its ‘happily ever after’ fairy tale ends?
Zynga had a bad quarter, but this does not mean that social gaming is completely and utterly collapsing.
Build your own SimCity on Mac this February
The new SimCity will launch for Mac as well as PC in February 2013.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard hacked, Nividia earnings rise, and more bad news for Zynga
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Meet Gems With Friends, Zynga’s newest (and familiar-looking) iOS game
Zynga has a reputation for making games that...well, lack originality, so people are likely to raise eyebrows when they see its newest game, Gems With Friends, even if unfairly.
Zynga COO John Schappert steps down
Beset by charges of copyright infringement and insider trading, the bad news keeps rolling in for Zynga as the social game company confirms the departure of chief operating office John Schappert.
Zynga sees FarmVille and CityVille user spikes [UPDATE: Maybe not]
A report from brokerage firm Sterne Agee reveals that the social game company's daily active users saw massive peaks over the past week.
Facebook launches real-money gambling game in U.K.
Facebook leaped into the world of online gambling today with the launch of Bingo Friendzy, an app that allows users to play games for cash prizes.
DoubleDown Interactive succeeds by not sucking at social casino games (interview)
GamesBeat's interview with Glenn Walcott at the recent Casual Connect game conference in Seattle, where social casino games were a hot topic.
Will Zynga’s ChefVille revive the company’s fortunes?
Zynga tries to create the ultimate cooking social game, avoiding possible new lawsuits in the process.
Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview)
Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back.