How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social game powerhouse
Update: This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon’s Kindle bookstore. Zynga has turned the video game world upside down in...
Zynga bets on Google TV with new Texas HoldEm Poker app
Zynga is finally bringing its mega-popular Texas HoldEm poker game to the living room TV set, but it’s not going through a major video...
Vostu pays undisclosed sum to Zynga to settle copyright infringement lawsuit
Ahead of its upcoming initial public offering, social gaming giant Zynga has accepted a settlement in a copyright infringement lawsuit it brought against Brazilian...
How Zynga’s IPO went from a $20B valuation to $8.9B in five months
When credible reports about Zynga’s upcoming IPO filing started flying this July, expectations for the social gaming giant’s value were running $15 billion to...
EA acquires Superhero City maker KlickNation, adds to BioWare label
Electronic Arts is continuing its buying spree. The KlickNation development team behind Facebook titles like Superhero City and Age of Champions will now be known as BioWare...
Zynga posts its IPO roadshow, explains why you should buy its stock (video)
Zynga has posted its pitch to investors for its upcoming initial public offering roadshow. The pitch is part of Zynga’s plan to raise $850...
Zynga confirms plans to raise up to $1.15B at $8.9B valuation and start IPO roadshow
Zynga plans to raise around $850 million to $1.15 billion at a $5.9 billion to $6.99 billion valuation in an initial public offering that...
Zynga: Beyond the IPO
Three years ago, Mark Pincus told me that he was going to make Zynga more valuable than EA within five years. It took him...
Rovio cracks nut market with new pistachio-branded Angry Birds game
The newest version of mega-popular game franchise Angry Birds isn’t a downloadable mobile app, but rather a web-based promotion built around California nut producer...
The zCloud revisited: lessons from Zynga’s public-private cloud experience
Recently, we were proud to publicly unveil the private cloud computing infrastructure that we use to scale our social games — infrastructure that we...