Zynga focuses on simplicity with its latest social game, Ruby Blast
Ruby Blast is Zynga's latest arcade-style Facebook game. It combines a bit of Bejeweled, a bit of Diamond Dash, and a whole lot of mining.
GamesBeat weekly roundup
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Draw Something with Ryan Seacrest, coming soon to CBS
What do you do if you bought a $200 million baby that everyone thinks is ugly? Well, if you’re social games pioneer Zynga, you...
GamesBeat 2012 panel will examine the rise of social casino games
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll have a breakout panel on social casino games, one of the hottest social game categories in 2012, at...
Zynga stock price takes a dive, triggering circuit breakers
Zynga shares fell today as fears about the company’s user base prompted another sell-off. Zynga’s shares dropped as much as 13 percent. That triggered...
Draw Something goes global with 12 new languages and celebrity endorsements
Musical artists Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez will team up with Zynga as the company promotes 12 new languages coming to the hit mobile game Draw Something.
Japan’s Gree moves mobile gaming into the spotlight at E3 (interview)
Japan's Gree flexed its muscle by showing off 21 mobile social games at E3.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot embraces disruption, new business models and new platforms (interview)
Yves Guillemot, the chief executive of French game publisher Ubisoft, belives that traditional game companies will be able to meet the challenge of the...
AppStats launches new window on Facebook winners and losers
Today AppStats is launching a new window on who’s winning and who’s losing in Facebook apps. The app analytics site, created by Berlin-based newsmag Social...
Here’s a big career change: Gears of War 2 writer joins Zynga (exclusive)
Joshua Ortega, a writer who worked on the Gears of War series, has joined Zynga as a “senior narrative designer” working on massively multiplayer...