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...
After 35 draws, OMGPOP finally got it right (interview)
Zynga acquired OMGPOP today for a reported $200 million. It was a clear statement that, as powerful as each of these companies are on...
OMGPOP chief revenue officer talks turkey on numbers and scaling [exclusive video]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8ZQtx1BsU&w=640&h=360] At South By Southwest Interactive, we got to sit down for an interview with OMGPOP chief revenue officer Wilson Kriegel. We talked...
Zynga buys OMGPOP for a reported $200M
We’ve confirmed that Zynga, the app-studio-eating megalith of social gaming, has acquired OMGPOP, maker of new hit mobile game Draw Something. You know what they...
OMG Stop! Why Zynga is considering $200M purchase of DrawSomething creator OMGPOP
Welcome to the wild world of mobile gaming, where a new king can be crowned in the span of three weeks, and a struggling...
Grand Cru raises $2M to build free-to-play Supernauts superhero game
Grand Cru is announcing today it has raised $2 million in seed funding to build an online adventure game called Supernauts. The company is entering a...