Zynga recruits a real-money gambling chief
Zynga has recruited a former online gambling executive as its chief of its real-money gambling initiative.
The DeanBeat: Being a tortoise isn’t so bad, but the water is choppy, EA’s top game studio boss says
Zynga was the hare. EA was the tortoise. Do we know who won the race?
Would EA venture into real-money online gambling?
Zynga is diving into real-money gambling, but Electronic Arts hasn't decided what to do yet.
In latest departure, Zynga loses its chief creative officer
The loss of Mike Verdu is just the latest setback for the struggling social-game giant.
After big hit on iPhone, only 30 percent of Kabam’s revenue comes from Facebook (interview)
Kevin Chou, head of Kabam, talks about how his firm will grow its social gaming business by 50 percent to $150M
GamesBeat weekly roundup: OnLive, layoffs, and how spoilers influence buying decisions
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.
Kixeye steals a general manager from Zynga, rescuing him from the ‘dark side’
Kixeye recruits a general manager away from Zynga so he can make "real" games.
Funium’s Family Village game brings your family history into a social game (exclusive)
Funium is launching Family Village in the hope of putting more people in touch with their family history.
Zynga sets aside a huge pile of low-priced stock for employees
Social game giants plans to use this to keep employees around and on target, even as its stock price sinks downward.