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Zynga ramps from ‘fix it’ mode to ‘grow it’ mode as Q3 revenue hits $233 million

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga is shifting gears from its “fix it” mode to “grow it” mode as the company reported strong earnings results for the third quarter ended September 30, said Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga, in an interview with GamesBeat.

The San Francisco social mobile game company reported that revenue at $233.2 million was up 4 percent and bookings at $248.9 million were up 17 percent from a year earlier. Mobile revenues were up 9 percent, and mobile bookings were up 23 percent. The mobile numbers are a better reflection of where Zynga’s emphasis is, as its legacy Facebook desktop games business has been in decline for years now.

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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.