In wake of a second breakeven quarter, Zynga's No. 2 describes the social-gaming giant's latest strategy.
Zynga claims it improved the social stickiness of Draw Something in the sequel.
Picturelife is the latest project by Charles Forman, who sold his last startup, OMGPOP, to Zynga for $180 million last year. It is a service that protects your pictures by backing up and organizing all your photos and videos in the cloud.
Storm8 has more than 400 million downloads and 10 million daily mobile gamers. Chief executive Perry Tam says it did that by being bold.
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The company's hit game is on its way to $1 billion in revenue, and its market value is bigger than Zynga's.
Zynga New York gets new leadership as it prepares to launch Draw Something 2 after the original's audience shrank by more than 12 million players.
Almost exactly a year after Zynga bought one-hit wonder OMGPOP for a cool $200 million, OMGPOP chief executive Dan Porter has been replaced by Zynga VP Sean Kelly.
Puzzle & Dragons is generating $2.5 million in revenue a day.
Editor's Pick The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
From game violence to sex chat, game companies got into hot water in 2012.
Those gifted with new mobile devices this holiday season have a world of fun awaiting their fingertips -- maybe too much fun.
Wilson Kriegel was a part of Zynga’s high-profile OMGPOP acquisition and equally high-profile executive departure spree, and he has popped back up on the tech executive landscape. This time, he’s joined forces with New York City-based Paltalk, a webcam and …
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Zynga has lost former Omgpop chief revenue officer Wilson Kriegel.
Social games are more popular than ever, with new genres emerging, says Facebook's Sarah Brooks.
Musical artists Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez will team up with Zynga as the company promotes 12 new languages coming to the hit mobile game Draw Something.
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Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello took a not-so-subtle shot at Zynga today during EA’s conference call with analysts. He said that EA would not pay a large amount of money “just to buy a brand” or to buy an …
A count of daily active users for smash-hit app Draw Something reveals a loss of 3 million players in a 30-day period.
