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Dan Porter, the general manager of Zynga’s New York studio, has quit the company. Porter was the former CEO of Draw Something developer OMGPOP and joined Zynga as part of its $180m acquisition of the company in 2012. OMGPOP went on to become Zynga New York, and is currently developing …
Read More »Draw Something studio founder exits Zynga
Dan Porter replaced as Zynga New York GM by VP of mobile games Sean Kelly
Read More »Zynga takes plunge into real money gambling in UK
ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino launch as social games firm takes gamble on new market
Read More »Ex-Zynga Austin GM opens F2P studio
Andrew Busey-led developer releases collectible card game for iOS
Read More »Zynga loosens Facebook ties with site relaunch
New users can log in to Zynga.com and play games without a Facebook account
Read More »Trion Worlds Rift producer joins Zynga
Hal Hanlin moves to social games outfit after nearly five years at US publisher
Read More »Draw Something tops 100m downloads
Zynga-onwed social game Draw Something has been downloaded more than 100 million times since its release. The mobile phenomenon was released last year and rapidly rose to popularity, quickly passing the 50m downloads mark within a few months. Draw Something saw its active user numbers dip shortly after, but has …
Read More »EA and Zynga settle TheVille dispute out of court
The legal tussle between EA and Zynga appears to be over. EA had launched a legal assault on Zynga over casual game TheVille, which it argued borrowed heavily from its own The Sims 3. Zynga, in retaliation, launched its own lawsuit against EA alleging that EA CEO John Riccitiello had …
Read More »EA and Zynga settle Sims suit out of court
Copyright fight ends in undisclosed settlement
Read More »Zynga stocks at six-month high
Shares rally by 11 per cent to $3.48
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