A leader on Facebook, Germany’s Wooga makes its move into mobile games
Jens Begemann still believes in Facebook, but the CEO of Wooga is also expanding into mobile social games.
Dragons, dinosaurs, and Transformers: RuneScape’s CEO on the future of free to play
Free to play is the future of gaming, even for traditional game publishers, according to Jagex Games Studio CEO Mark Gerhard. He talks to GamesBeat about the rush to the free-to-play model, Jagex's potential market value, and the development of upcoming MMO Transformers Universe.
SeeYouInCourtVille: law firms investigating Zynga for possible insider trading
Three months before releasing a quarterly earnings report that slaughtered an already-decimated stock, Zynga executives and investors unloaded some of their stock, raking in...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Gamescape 2012, a history of Batman in video games, and Donkey Kong’s failing liver
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.
Zynga insiders cashed in $516M of stock — three months before the stock cratered
Zynga insiders, including chief executive Marc Pincus, cashed out in April, selling 43 million shares for over $516 million -- just before the stock price cratered.
Gameloft’s second quarter growth gives hope to the mobile market
French publisher Gameloft released its second quarter earning report today, showing healthy growth for the mobile-focused company.
Analysts and game industry reeling from Zynga’s shocking earnings report, stock down 39 percent
Zynga's weak earnings report yesterday has spurred an investor panic, cratering the company's stock price by 39 percent today.
BustVille: Zynga shares down an astounding 35% in after-hours trading
The company's stock closed the day at $5.19, but it dropped, at one point, by 40 percent on news of the terrible earnings.
Zynga to launch real-money gambling online games in 2013
Zynga's first real-money online gaming game will likely launch outside the U.S. until other legal markets emerge.
Zynga misses Q2 earnings estimates by a wide margin, incurring Wall Street’s wrath
Zynga reports increases in overall revenue, users, and advertising business along with some short-term challenges that caused the shortfall in estimates.