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Newcomer CEO Mattrick outlines a 90 day plan, but says recovery won't be quick
Read More »Zynga reports $15.8m loss and major player decline in Q2
Zynga has announced financial results for the second quarter in its fiscal year, reporting a $15.8m loss for the three month period concluded at the end of June. Revenue saw a 31 per cent year-over-year decline to $213m, versus the $332m brought in for the same period in 2012. Perhaps …
Read More »Large mobile dev teams aren’t viable, former Zynga UK GM claims
JiggeryPokery founder and former Zynga UK boss Matthew Wiggins has expressed concern over the viability of large mobile game developers. Speaking toThe Guardian, Wiggins said many mobile firms do not need significant numbers of staff, as they don’t need that many developers to make successful games. He explained that it’s …
Read More »Interview: Mark Pincus
Will Luton speaks to the former Zynga CEO about the finer points of game monetisation
Read More »New UK start-up JiggeryPokery formed by Zynga UK and Wonderland veterans
Studio focused on free-to-play multiplayer games exclusively for iOS
Read More »King usurps Zynga as top dog on Facebook
Candy Crush Saga garners more than 15 million monthly average users
Read More »Report: Mattrick planned Zynga buyout
Zynga's new CEO tried to buy the social game company while at Microsoft
Read More »Mattrick "lives like a Saudi prince and takes a private jet to work"
Man of the moment Don Mattrick has been described as a division head who lives like a Saudi prince”. A profile of the exec on Fast Company claims that he takes a private jet to work, name-drops celebrity friends and lives in the largest house in British Colombia valued at …
Read More »EA "back to square one" in CEO search after Mattrick’s Zynga switch
Michael Pachter has claimed that recently departed Xbox boss Don Mattrick was the No.1 choice for the vacant CEO role at EA. Mattrick’s decision to join Zynga, then, has left EA in what can technically be described as a pickle”. "Now that Mr. Mattrick has taken the job at Zynga, …
Read More »Mattrick could pocket $50m from Zynga switch
Former Xbox boss Don Mattrick could earn in the region of $50m from new employer Zynga. Reuters reports that the exec will in his first year receive a base salary of $1m as well as a joining on cash bonus of $5m and a $2m 2012 bonus – the latter …
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