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Zynga EVP Barry Cottle is latest exec to leave social gaming giant

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga has lost another one of its highest-ranking leaders. Barry Cottle, executive vice president of games, has left the social gaming company, GamesBeat has learned.

Barry Cottle
Barry Cottle

A spokesperson confirmed that Cottle, who had been at the social gaming publisher for three years, has departed. We have not reached Cottle for comment on what he will do next.

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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.