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Zynga closes 2017 with strong poker and Words With Friends 2 revenues

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga is on a roll as it hit its financial targets for the past three quarters, including the fourth ended December 31. The company reported that Words With Friends 2 and a reinvigorated Zynga Poker produced solid holiday results.

Words With Friends 2 helped push the franchise to its best mobile revenue and bookings in its eight-year history. CSR 2 mobile revenue was up 90 percent from a year ago, and Zynga Poker’s mobile revenue was up 44 percent from a year ago.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.