Brazilian social gaming firm Vostu lays off staff
Brazilian social gaming firm Vostu confirmed that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees. The company confirmed the layoffs but declined to say...
Love connection: 1 in 10 Words With Friends score in real life
Perhaps it’s time to start calling it Words With Friends With Benefits. Fans of Zynga‘s Words With Friends social game on Facebook are making...
Can Zynga satisfy investors with its first-ever earnings report?
Zynga is expected to report a profit for the fourth-quarter in its first-ever quarter financial report after the market closes on Tuesday. The largest...
Zynga launches iPhone game Dream Heights: Let the copycat wars begin
Zynga launched its Dream Heights mobile game for the iPhone and iPad today. The title enables players to build the “skyscraper of the century,” but...
As social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture partner
Zynga’s rise to a social gaming juggernaut traded on the public markets—which now boasts a market cap roughly equal to long-established companies like Electronic...
Hasbro licenses game characters and brands from Zynga
Hasbro and Zynga are announcing a deal where the big toy company will create toys based on Zynga’s game characters and social gaming brands....
Nexon invades Zynga’s turf with plan to launch Kart Rider on Facebook
Nexon and Zynga are dueling to be the darlings of the new game industry. Nexon got big with free-to-play online games that you download...
GamesBeat weekly news roundup
Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now,...
The DeanBeat: Billionaire Mark Pincus breaks out of quiet period (exclusive interview)
Mark Pincus is the newest billionaire in Silicon Valley, thanks to the December initial public offering of Zynga, the social game giant he founded...
Elite game group recruits board members from the new guard at Nexon and Zynga
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences is an elite professional game group that puts on the annual Dice Summit gaming event in Las Vegas...