Exclusive

Mobile-social gaming firm RockYou lays off 65 people

Dean Takahashi July 22, 2016 1:15 PM

Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau looks back at his first 60 days

Mike Minotti May 5, 2016 7:01 PM

Zynga beats Wall Street’s Q3 expectations — but also delays two major games

Dean Takahashi November 3, 2015 1:05 PM

Guest

How Israel became a social gaming hub

Deanna Dweck, Plarium June 5, 2015 10:30 AM

Zynga CEO explains his vision for long-term gaming leadership

Dean Takahashi August 7, 2014 3:15 PM

King CEO shakes off sour Candy Crush Saga investors

Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 10:16 AM

Chasing the world’s hottest game market, Kabam opens office in South Korea

Dean Takahashi February 20, 2014 8:20 AM

Zynga’s Don Mattrick and Clive Downie describe their strategy for 2014 and today’s results (excerpts)

Dean Takahashi January 30, 2014 6:09 PM

Updated: Zynga to finally shut down one of its oldest games, YoVille

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2014 12:16 PM

Holiday helping: Zynga’s Farmville players raise $1M in 20 days to feed the hungry

Jeff Grubb December 24, 2013 9:00 AM

Mediabrix’ in-game ads are generating $200 CPMs — 180 times more than traditional ads

John Koetsier, TUNE December 20, 2013 10:48 AM

Mobile gamers are quicker to drop cash on social games than players on the web

Jeff Grubb December 19, 2013 6:00 AM

The real driving forces behind hardcore social games

Konstantin Sashchuk December 17, 2013 10:00 AM

Facebook names its top games of 2013

Dean Takahashi December 9, 2013 10:00 AM

Strategy game maker Kixeye sets up customer support in Portland

Dean Takahashi November 20, 2013 6:00 AM

Zynga’s share price up 10% after a ‘less terrible than expected’ third quarter

Jeff Grubb October 25, 2013 12:00 PM

MediaSpike reaches 20M monthly users with product placement in social-mobile games

Dean Takahashi October 24, 2013 11:00 AM

Peak Games dominates mobile social games in the Middle East and Turkey

Dean Takahashi October 15, 2013 7:00 AM

Ads account for up to 30 percent of social-game revenue (exclusive)

Dean Takahashi September 29, 2013 9:26 PM

SGN goes on a hiring spree as it expands into mobile games

Dean Takahashi September 5, 2013 6:00 AM

Guest

Free-to-play games are having their Soupy Sales moment

William Volk, Playscreen COO August 16, 2013 11:15 AM

Zynga exec explains why it's abandoning online gambling in the U.S.

Dean Takahashi July 25, 2013 2:17 PM

SwapMob raises $1M for in-game virtual goods marketplace (exclusive)

Dean Takahashi July 25, 2013 5:00 AM

Guest

Why ex-Xbox boss Don Mattrick may be Zynga’s savior

Josh Williams July 10, 2013 1:50 PM

Wall Street analysts view Zynga’s choice of ex-Xbox boss Don Mattrick as both puzzling and positive

Dean Takahashi July 2, 2013 8:50 AM

Report: Zynga to hire Microsoft’s game chief Don Mattrick as CEO

Dean Takahashi July 1, 2013 10:01 AM

Zynga’s head of partner publishing latest to bail on the company

Jeff Grubb June 25, 2013 7:06 AM

Zynga’s stock dives 12 percent after layoffs

Dean Takahashi June 3, 2013 3:03 PM

Germany’s Kamicat raises funds for social, mobile, and web games

Dean Takahashi May 6, 2013 10:00 AM

Game developers revive Sissyfight as an open-source online game about sexism

Dean Takahashi April 30, 2013 9:00 AM

Zynga to publish Disruptor Beam’s Game of Thrones: Ascent social game

Dean Takahashi April 30, 2013 8:40 AM

Zynga to shut four more weak games, including The Ville

Dean Takahashi April 24, 2013 2:25 PM

Hold on, mobile gaming monetization ain’t as easy as it looks

Dean Takahashi April 18, 2013 8:00 AM

Facebook updates developers on local currency pricing

Jeff Grubb March 25, 2013 11:08 AM

In the battle for talent, Warner Bros. will open game studio in San Francisco

Dean Takahashi March 22, 2013 11:12 AM

After great success on mobile, Kabam launches new Hobbit game on the web

Dean Takahashi March 21, 2013 2:29 PM

What it means to be a ‘whale’ — and why social gamers are just gamers

Stephanie Carmichael March 14, 2013 8:00 AM

TastemakerX’s new game for music snobs nabs $1.25M to improve artist discovery

Tom Cheredar March 7, 2013 7:00 AM

Red Hot Labs raises $1.5M for mobile games and a platform to make them spread

Dean Takahashi February 28, 2013 8:00 AM

Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations

Dean Takahashi February 25, 2013 8:25 AM