Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)
Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...
Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony
Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...
Google adds games from Zynga, PopCap and others to Google+
Google has finally added games to its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post today. The first set of games includes smash...
Zynga revises its IPO filing with the SEC — a signal that it still plans to go public
Zynga filed an amended S1 document for its initial public offering today, slightly revising its previous filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Zynga’s...
Zynga steals another executive from Electronic Arts
It looks like Zynga isn’t done poaching executives from rival Electronic Arts. Jeff Karp, executive vice president for a major EA division, is leaving...
THQ’s loss will likely be social and mobile gaming’s gain
THQ laid off more than 200 employees today as it tried to realign its workforce in light of disappointing sales of its most recent...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
The Sims, a life simulation game, is one of Electronic Arts’ most successful franchises. The company has sold more than 140 million copies of...
Will Zynga still try to go public?
In the game industry, all eyes will fall to Zynga and whether or not it will still go public in the face of the...
Zynga brings Words With Friends to Facebook
Social gaming company Zynga today announced that it is bringing its mobile Scrabble-like game Words With Friends to Facebook. That means players on Android...
Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. If Google properly channels that anger, it...