Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations

February 25, 2013 8:25 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Closures are part of Zynga's strategy to contain costs using "guard rails."

Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner starts a studio to focus on Ouya console games (exclusive interview)

February 6, 2013 5:18 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Bettner is funding the effort himself and has pulled a team together to make an Ouya game.

Words With Friends co-creators leave Zynga

October 5, 2012 9:15 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

In a phone interview with GamesBeat, brothers Paul and David Bettner confirmed their departure but wouldn't say what they'll do next.

Zynga paid $53.3M to buy Words With Friends mobile game maker Newtoy

July 5, 2011 7:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Tucked away in Zynga‘s initial public offering filing are the amounts that the company paid to buy a bunch of game studios in the past year or so. The biggest deal was a $53.3 million purchase of Newtoy, the maker …