Zynga to shut four more weak games, including The Ville

Zynga also killed two unreleased games, but it is on the verge of launching Draw Something 2.

Zynga exec: Debate over clones is a ‘distraction’ — everyone copies

Zynga New York general manager explains what he meant when he admitted that the developer copies others.

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 strikes back hard at EA in copyright infringement case

Zynga denies copying The Sims Social and lobs legal grenades back at Electronic Arts

Zynga sees FarmVille and CityVille user spikes [UPDATE: Maybe not]

A report from brokerage firm Sterne Agee reveals that the social game company's daily active users saw massive peaks over the past week.

EA sues Zynga, alleging The Ville is a blatant clone of The Sims Social

EA and Zynga, two of the world's biggest game companies, are at war over copyrights.

Analysts and game industry reeling from Zynga’s shocking earnings report, stock down 39 percent

Zynga's weak earnings report yesterday has spurred an investor panic, cratering the company's stock price by 39 percent today.

Zynga misses Q2 earnings estimates by a wide margin, incurring Wall Street’s wrath

Zynga reports increases in overall revenue, users, and advertising business along with some short-term challenges that caused the shortfall in estimates.

Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)

Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.

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.

The DeanBeat: Zynga battles to dominate the red ocean, not the blue

Will the red ocean strategy work for Zynga? The sharks are in the water as the social game giant goes head-on against competitors.

Zynga rolls out new games for casino, arcade, and mobile — are they clones?

Zynga announced several new games at its Unleashed event today in San Francisco. These games aren’t likely to do much for the company’s reputation for cloning the games of other companies.

Among the obvious titles that could draw flack is …

Zynga’s latest Facebook game takes Electronic Arts’ Sims Social head-on

The Ville is Zynga's latest social Facebook game allowing players to build virtual homes and gardens. It's also the company's answer to Electronic Arts' The Sims Social.