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...
Sony loses two key executives from its North American game team
Two key executives at Sony’s U.S. game business have left the company. And one of them, Rob Dyer, has joined social game maker Zynga...
Zynga IPO set for Dec. 15 at $10B valuation?
Social game maker Zynga is reportedly planning to go public on Dec. 15 at a valuation of $10 billion, according to a report by...
Take Two CEO attacks Zynga for “sketchy” metrics and biz model
Zynga‘s tens of millions of regular players and burgeoning revenues have many investors excited about its fast approaching Initial Public Offering, but Take Two...
Sojo Studios’ WeTopia social game lets players do good in the real world
Sojo Studios is announcing its first online social game, WeTopia, which is designed to be part of a series of games where players can...
Zynga employees give Mark Pincus a 46 percent approval rating
The claws are out for Mark Pincus, chief executive of social game maker Zynga, today. First, the New York Times published a negative story...
Zynga spurned by both Rovio and PopCap Games in huge takeover offers?
Zynga was reportedly spurned by two companies it was trying to acquire in what would have been gigantic deals in the game industry, according...
Zynga to add Indiana Jones to Adventure World game
Starting Tuesday, Zynga will add the Indiana Jones character to its Adventure World game on Facebook. As we noted earlier, Zynga has a distinct...
The DeanBeat: The critical season for game sales is upon us
The holidays came early for a lot of gamers in November, with releases ranging from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune to Call of Duty Modern...