Zynga to add Indiana Jones to its Adventure World social game
Zynga has struck a number of brand-related deals to keep its social games in the forefront of users’ minds. Today, it is extending that...
Kixeye’s War Commander brings real-time strategy to Facebook gaming
Kixeye is bringing real-time strategy games to Facebook today with the public beta launch of its War Commander title. Inspired by games like Command...
EA’s The Sims Social breezes past Zynga’s Farmville
Game publishing company Electronic Arts‘ newest social game, The Sims Social, has passed social gaming supergiant Zynga’s Farmville and now has 36 million monthly...
Zynga’s Adventure World social game goes live
Zynga just launched its Adventure World social game on Facebook, speeding the pace of its game introductions as it prepares for an initial public...
Adventure World social game is another big test for pre-IPO Zynga
Zynga‘s Adventure World launch, coming in the next few weeks, is a big test for the social game publisher. If the Indiana Jones-style title takes...
Zynga lines up its next social game: Adventure World
Zynga just revealed a teaser for its next big social game, an Indiana Jones-inspired creation called Adventure World. The video trailer on the new...
Zynga gives 70 times more voting power to CEO Mark Pincus
Social game maker Zynga is remaking its stock rules to give chief executive Mark Pincus 70 times more voting power than the shares that...
Zynga expands its game cards to distributors in Europe and Turkey
Zynga‘s quest is to get the whole world to play social games. To make that happen, the company has to set up payment mechanisms...
Zynga confirms it hired EA’s Jeff Karp as marketing and sales chief
Confirming previous reports, Zynga verified that it poached another Electronic Arts executive. Jeff Karp, who was formerly executive vice president at EA Play, has...
Zynga gets slapped with patent lawsuit over credits-based gaming
Game maker Zynga is being taken to court over patents that cover some fundamental aspects of social gaming: credits and prize redemption. Agincourt Gaming,...