Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million
Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash. It’s an interesting deal because...
Zynga’s Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of...
Game industry recommits to #PlayApartTogether campaign a year after pandemic started
A year ago, leaders from the global games industry participated in the #PlayApartTogether campaign to fight the pandemic. And now they’re recommitting to the...
Zynga’s Small Giant Games launches mobile match-3 action-RPG Puzzle Combat
Zynga’s Small Giant Games studio has launched Puzzle Combat, a new mobile match-3 action-RPG from the maker of Empires & Puzzles. Small Giant Games’...
Zynga pledges $100,000 for Girls Who Code for International Women’s Day
Zynga has pledged $100,000 from its Social Impact Fund to support Girls Who Code on International Women’s Day 2021. The Women at Zynga group...
Zynga acquires Diablo co-creator’s Echtra Games in expansion to PC and consoles
Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the game studio that Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer started, as part of its expansion into cross-platform games...
Star Wars Hunters is a new Zynga game coming to Switch
Zynga is releasing a Star Wars game on consoles. The studio is working with its developer NaturalMotion Games to release Star Wars Hunters this...
The DeanBeat: Has the game industry hit its peak with crazy valuations or just begun its growth?
Money is pouring into the game industry, and I’m not just talking about GameStop’s crazy stock rise. I wrote about this last week, and...
Zynga beats Q4 2020 expectations with bookings of $699 million, up 61%
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting its highest-ever bookings and revenues in the fourth quarter ended December 31 thanks to the strong performance of...
The DeanBeat: Measuring the froth of the game industry
Merger mania has come to games, and a big window is open for public offerings in the stock market. That translates to a historic...