Tag Archives: zynga

Asia division of social company bringing two RPGs to US

The executive exodus has continued at Zynga. Two more high-level faces have resigned from their roles at the casual games publisher – chief marketing and revenue officer Jeff Karp and infrastructure CTO Allan Leinwand. These join a list of fellow evacuees that includes COO John Schappert, CCO Mike Verdu and …

Former EA Play boss joins Schappert and Verdu in leaving casual games giant

Zynga has partnered with MMO icon Richard Garriott for the launch of his studio’s new social game Ultimate Collector. The title is already available on Facebook in the form of a Limited Beta. It is developed by Portalarium, the studio founded by Ultima Online Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott. The …

Source claims vice presidents Bill Mooney and Brian Birtwistle have left the company

Zynga encountering problems as it is too heavily reliant on social, says EA exec

Second executive in two weeks leaves to start his own studio

Zynga’s chief creative officer Mike Verdu is on the way out of the social games company to start his own mobile studio. Verdu spoke with AllThingsD regarding his departure, and specifically how he’s not looking to add to the noise level despite the timing. "I personally don’t want to add …

Double Fine vet Alan Patmore joins browser gaming firm as vice president of product

Studio's losing up to 50 per cent of revenues from marketing and share cut, claims Lasky