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.
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exactly a year after Zynga bought one-hit wonder OMGPOP for a cool $200 million, OMGPOP chief executive Dan Porter has been replaced by Zynga VP Sean Kelly.
Zynga New York general manager explains what he meant when he admitted that the developer copies others.
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly when they’re mainly of interest to our game readers. The broader-interest posts will continue to run …
Draw Something, the Pictionary-style app that Zynga acquired with its $180 million purchase of OMGPOP, has surpassed 50 million downloads.
In just 50 days, the title has become the fastest-growing original mobile game of all time. The game regained its …
CEO Dan Porter responds to critics who have called his remarks about his former employee petty. "It wasn't about Shay. It was about the 41 other people that made it happen." Porter also explains his "hoodie" tweet that seemed to capitalize on the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
In a pair of tweets, CEO Dan Porter of Draw Something developer OMGPOP called the one employee who turned down Zynga "selfish" and "the weakest one" on the team. Many fans of the sketching game for smartphones stated that they're uninstalling Draw Something based on Porter's behavior.
Editor's Pick
Zynga acquired OMGPOP today for a reported $200 million. It was a clear statement that, as powerful as each of these companies are on their own, they still need each other.
New York-based OMGPOP created smartphone hit Draw Something, where …
Welcome to the wild world of mobile gaming, where a new king can be crowned in the span of three weeks, and a struggling company can become the most sought after acquisition on the market.
OMGPOP knew it had to …
Zynga is reportedly in discussions to buy OMGPOP, the maker of the enormously successful Draw Something mobile game, according to TechCrunch.
The deal shows how fast things can change for a company’s fortunes when it has a big hit. OMGPOP …
Zynga has dominated the top charts of Facebook games for what seems like forever. So it’s surprising to note that Draw Something from OMGPOP has taken the No. 1 position in terms of daily active users this week, according to …
