CityVille 2, The Friend Game and Party Place are to close despite having only launched in the last quarter. Three other games that launched in the period – CoasterVille, Bubble Safari Ocean and Ayakashi – are to survive. The news comes as Zynga reports a net loss of $209.4m for …
Read More »Angry Birds and Draw Something firms remove Paramount horror ads
The Advertising Standards Agency has issued a warning to Paramount after ads for horror flick Paranormal Activity appeared in family-friendly mobile games. The ASA received complaints that a trailer for the 15-rated movie aired in both Angry Birds and Draw Something, ad were told the scenes were likely to cause …
Read More »Zynga posts $209m in losses as revenues climb
Social giant beats expectations with $1.28bn in revenues
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Former Zynga boss to lead new development fund
Read More »Brian Reynolds considering new studio
Former Zynga design chief and Firaxis dev wants to bring back strategy through mobile
Read More »Zynga’s design chief walks
Zynga lost yet another executive today with the departure of Brian Reynolds. The company faced a mass exodus of its leadership last year, and the loss of its head game designer is certainly a poor way to ring in the new year. Reynolds was lead game designer on Firaxis’s Civilization …
Read More »Design chief Brian Reynolds leaves Zynga
Lead designer of FarmVille, Civilization II departs staggering social gaming company
Read More »Zynga and TinyCo lead line-up for GDC F2P summit
Tencent, PopCap and Real Life Plus also set to speak at event
Read More »Zynga loses Facebook crown as FarmVille 2 is overtaken
FarmVille 2’s hefty stint as Facebook’s No.1 game has come to an end. Well, it has according to one measure, at least. AppData reports that Zynga’s game currently commands some 8.8 DAUs (daily active users). That places it second behind King.com’s Candy Crush Saga which currently has 9.7m DAUs. However, …
Read More »Gambling firm Betable snaps up former Zynga exec
'Developers who stick with virtual currency will get left behind', says Jonathan Flesher
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