GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
The DeanBeat: “Evil” Zynga learns that old labels can come back to haunt you
Is Zynga evil? When Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the maker of the wonderfully creative Draw Something app, it was a great moment....
The post-OMGPOP boost: Zynga prices secondary offering at $12 a share
Fresh from the $180 million acquisition of OMGPOP, Zynga has priced the secondary offering of its stock at $12 a share. The San Francisco maker of...
Martha Stewart guest stars in Zynga’s CastleVille social game
Social games are becoming a mass-market medium. A clear sign of that today is Zynga’s announcement that Martha Stewart will make a cameo appearance...
Meet the one OMGPOP employee who turned down a new job at Zynga
In the torrent of coverage about Zynga’s purchase of OMGPOP last week, most of the focus was on the price, eventually revealed to be...
Mob Science raises $1M for social games on Zynga’s platform
Mob Science, a social games developer and Zynga Platform partner, received $1 million in seed funding from Joynet CEO David Young and GameSpy Industries...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
Zynga to sell 43M shares in secondary offering, bought OMGPOP for $180M
Zynga filed a revised S-1 this morning with the SEC that contained a number of interesting details. It pegged the price of its recent...
Are casino games hot? Mobile Deluxe thinks so (exclusive)
Mobile Deluxe is launching its Big Win Blackjack game today on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. In any other time, that wouldn’t be...
Zynga-OMGPOP deal draws mixed views from Wall Street analysts
Zynga’s purchase of OMGPOP for a price reported to be around $150 million to $200 million has drawn mixed reviews on Wall Street. The...