Zynga stock surges as it slightly beats analysts’ reduced targets for third quarter

Zynga's stock is rising in after-hours trading as a result of the better earnings and a stock buyback program.

Zynga CEO’s letter to employees: We’ve laid off 5 percent of our workforce

Zynga has closed its Boston studio. Plans to close Zynga Japan and U.K., while Austin loses a significant portion of its staff.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg unhappy with Zynga’s 20% decline in payments

Zynga didn't get much love from Facebook today.

Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that he wasn't impressed by how little gaming is contributing to the social network's bottom line, saying overall payments from Zynga had declined 20 percent.

In midst of employee theft lawsuit, Kixeye CEO takes a blast at Zynga

Kixeye chief exec Will Harbin says, "Zynga is burning to the ground and bleeding top talent, and instead of trying to fix the problems -- better work environment and better products -- they are resorting to the only profit center that has ever really worked for them: their legal department."

‘Our exit strategy is death’ guides Days of Wonder’s board game philosophy

Mark Kaufman and Eric Hauntemont are veteran venture capitalists in the tech world. In 2002, they decided to get out of that fast-paced life and start developing board games. No, seriously.

Zynga suing former employee for stealing trade secrets

Zynga's former CityVille general manager allegedly used Dropbox to back up hundreds of privileged documents. The social-games developer is suing him for taking that data.

The exodus continues: Zynga Poker general manager quits

The social-gaming company loses the key executive in charge of its poker game as it prepares to transition to real-money gambling.

Startup puts gamers to work raising money for charity

Game It Forward has developed a model that will allow players to donate to their favorite charities just by playing a game.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Cliff Bleszinski, Skylanders Giants, and alleged racism at Kixeye

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Markets pummel Zynga’s share price (update)

The social-gaming company "preannounced" a slumping earnings report yesterday and is paying the price today.

Words With Friends co-creators leave Zynga

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

Super Bunny Breakout ditches the colored bricks for cute critters (hands-on preview)

Instead of smashing bricks, you're rescuing animals trapped in an evil science lab in this new twist on Atari's 36-year-old Breakout franchise.

Online brands move to real world as Hasbro launches line of Zynga-branded board games

Can't get enough of Zynga games? Now you can play CityVille Monopoly or Words With Friends as board games.