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Company 'sidesteps' questions after accusations of 'sketchy numbers'
Read More »Zynga wins settlement in copyright case
Vostu pays up and agrees to alter its games
Read More »Zynga settles CityVille copyright lawsuit
Social games giant Zynga has ended its legal action on Brazilian games firm Vostu for alleged copyright infringement. Zynga took legal action on Vostu in June for ‘infringement of its creative works’ including titles such as Zynga’s popular Facebook game CityVille. Now Vostu has agreed to pay a fee to …
Read More »Zynga begins pitching IPO to investors
Mark Pincus, the chief executive of social games giant Zynga, has begun pitching his company to key investors in preparation for its upcoming IPO. VentureBeat reports that Zynga’s IPO will value the company for between $8bn and $9bn – slightly less than the already down-sized $10bn valuation touted last week. …
Read More »Zynga set its value at $7 billion
Firm's stock market launch due December 15th
Read More »$4bn vanishes from estimated Zynga value
Zynga seems to have downsized estimations of its own worth ahead of the much-awaited IPO for the company. The firm’s valuation will be revealed on December 15th, Reuters reports, but sources close to the news service say that it is now aiming for around $8 to $10 per share, meaning …
Read More »Dan Stahl quits Zynga after ten weeks
Cryptic Studios' former executive producer returns
Read More »Zynga metrics are ‘sketchy’, claims Take-Two CEO
Facebook games kingpin 'has disclosure issues', Zelnick claims
Read More »Weak Zynga stats spark market saturation fears
Growth from new games is balanced by 'general erosion' to older titles
Read More »Zynga insiders condemn crunch culture
Social giant 'managed by the very same people who ran EA into the ground five years ago'
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