Aiming for better profits, Zynga cuts even deeper into once-beloved games (interview)

In wake of a second breakeven quarter, Zynga's No. 2 describes the social-gaming giant's latest strategy.

Zynga hits earnings targets and stays profitable in Q1

Still, shareholders are spooked. Zynga's stock is trading down, perhaps because metrics and outlook are weak.

David Ko sees mobile as critical for Zynga’s comeback in 2013 (interview)

Zynga's No. 2 executive says success in mobile will depend on delivering core franchises.

David Ko puts up the ‘guard rails’ at Zynga to keep costs under control (interview)

The No. 2 exec at Zynga is trying to contain costs as the company shifts its weight into mobile gaming.

Zynga gets its mojo back with higher-than-expected sales and a small Q4 profit

While Zynga is still technically losing money in the fourth quarter, its earnings report is cheering up the stock market.

FarmVille 2 has 17 players in the Vatican and other ‘big data’ trivia

About 350M crops are harvested every day in Zynga's most popular social game.

Adobe launches new cloud-based game development tools

Software giant Adobe is working hard to win over game developers to its Flash platform.

Mystery narrative and new features headline CityVille 2′s launch

The social game has an original story and new gameplay features to expand the developer's reach into the genre.

Analysts pore through Zynga’s numbers as the stock price rises

Analysts appear more bullish on the social-gaming giant after yesterday's earnings call.

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.

With FarmVille 2, Zynga wants to reawaken the farmer in all of us

Zynga is launching FarmVille 2 for those who want a better hands-on farming experience.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline

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

Zynga confirms that FarmVille 2 is in the works

Zynga closed its Unleashed event today in San Francisco with a hint of one of its big games to come: FarmVille 2.

Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus introduced a new trailer of the game as he closed out a press …