Zynga shares drop, trading halted shortly after Facebook IPO
Zynga shares halted as Facebook opens for trading.
Slicing zombies and chasing coins in Zombie Swipeout (preview)
Zombie Swipeout, a new mobile title by Game Doctors and Zynga, offers a fun zombie-slaying diversion for iPhone and iPod touch systems.
Zynga acquires Wild Needle casual game maker for an estimated $3.8M
Zynga acquired Wild Needle, a casual game company that had backing from Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson, according to TechCrunch. We’ve heard that the purchase...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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.
EA’s focus: Brands, platforms, and talent
Electronic Arts is a complex, multi-faceted company with $4 billion in annual revenues. But the company has simplified its strategy to focus on "brands, platforms, and talent," according to chief executive John Riccitiello.
Zynga launches Bubble Safari as it moves into arcade-style social games
Zynga is moving into new territory in social games today as it launches Bubble Safari for Facebook. The game is a “match-three bubble shooter”...
Hackers disrupt the gameplay of Zynga’s YoVille social game
Hackers broke into one of Zynga’s older social games, YoVille, and they were able to disrupt the gameplay for a group of fewer than...
EA chief suggests that Zynga overpaid for OMGPOP/Draw Something
Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello took a not-so-subtle shot at Zynga today during EA’s conference call with analysts. He said that EA would...
Draw Something loses 3 million players in a single month
A count of daily active users for smash-hit app Draw Something reveals a loss of 3 million players in a 30-day period.
Zynga starts promoting third-party partner social games
As it seeks to diversify its game portfolio and revenues, Zynga announced today it has begun promoting the games of third-party platform partners. Zynga...