The DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for 2012
We all know how worthless predictions can be, but they’re kind of irresistible. They’re easy to make, particularly if nobody pays attention to whether...
Zynga launches Words With Friends on the Nook e-book reader
Zynga launched its first game for the Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader today, Words With Friends. The wildly popular Scrabble clone will debut...
Move over Farmville, Gardens of Time is Facebook’s most popular game
To the dismay of bosses and spouses everywhere, Facebook, by way of third-party social games, offered social networkers a daily distraction they could not...
Veteran Wall Street analyst rates Zynga an “outperform”
Zynga has taken a beating in its first two days of trading as a public company, with the stock closing at $9.05 a share...
Zynga stock pummeled in second day of trading (updated)
Social games company Zynga’s stock ended its second day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange down nearly 5 percent, a signal of turbulent times...
What Zynga taught the game industry: Consumers are in charge
Zynga’s IPO yesterday marks a major milestone for the games business. It marks something more important and profound than validation of Facebook’s ecosystem or...
Why did Zynga’s stock fizzle on day one? Analyst cites red flags
Zynga’s stock sank 5 percent yesterday, from $10 to $9.50, on its first day of trading. Some investors might feel like the stock will bounce...
Will they laugh this time? Shervin Pishevar predicts social mobile games to dwarf Facebook games
As the founder of Social Gaming Network, Shervin Pishevar squared off against Zynga in the early days of social gaming. But Pishevar veered off...
Zynga closes at $9.50 a share, down 5 percent in IPO debut
Zynga’s initial public offering wasn’t as popular as the company hoped, with the stock closing at $9.50 a share, down 5 percent from its...
The complete history of Zynga (so far) in handy e-book form
To mark Zynga‘s stock-market debut, we’re releasing a 63-page e-book on the history of the company. In just five years, social-gaming company Zynga has...