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PopCap also turned down deal 'due to rumours of the company's rescinding share awards'

Less then ten per cent of users returning to play title every day, new data suggests

Casual games title Mafia Wars 2 has suffered an exodus of players in November. Business Week reports that having hit a user peak of 2.5m daily active users in October. However, that number has tumbled by a massive 900k players in November according to AppData. The site goes on to …

'Companies that treat talent as a commodity face severe consequences' says EA's head of HR Gabrielle Toledano

A new report from The New York Times claims that Angry Birds creators Rovio rebuffed an astonishing $2.25bn takeover offer from Zynga in the summer. The context placed on the revelation is that potentials targets are being scared off by a ruthless corporate culture that, while serving Zynga well on …

World's biggest social games company may have passed a pivotal test ahead of its IPO

Owen Van Natta, the former CEO of MySpace, is to quit his position as chief business officer at casual games giant Zynga. He will, however, remain on the company’s board and is still employed as a strategic advisor. The decision will cost Van Natta millions of shares in the business, …

Pincus's company spent $5 million on two unnamed companies

A temp worker at Zynga’s San Francisco studio has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $100,000 worth of equipment and merchandise. Keith Brown, 21, from San Ramon, was arrested at the company’s headquarters on Tuesday, according to District Attorney’s Office spokesman Omid Talai, as reported byThe SF Examiner.The alleged thefts …

Laptops, desktops and software alleged stolen over a two week period