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New project, Adventure World, could stimulate investor craze

Social games giant Zynga is likely to delay its leap onto the stock market due to Wall Street disorder, a new report suggests. The company will wait until at least November to list its shares, alleged anonymous insiders told the New York Post. The paper, citing two sources with knowledge …

Farmville creator 'will sit until market recovers'

Apple's core is lionised by the industry elite as tributes flood in

Zynga has made another acquisition of a mobile social games developer: New York firm Astro Ape. The deal has not been officially announced, but US site Business Insider hasspottedthat Astro Ape’s executive team have changed their LinkedIn profiles to reflect new employment at ‘Zynga NY’. Astro Ape CEO Chieh Huang …

LinkedIn profiles reveal purchase, company name change to Zynga NY

GDC Europe: Social gaming specialist on why 'smart depth' will make your studio a Facebook giant

Jeff Karp, an executive at the centre of EA’s social games output, is in the process of leaving the company to join Zynga, Develop understands. A US source, who engages with EA at senior levels, said Karp has signalled his intention to leave and will imminently join the San Francisco …

Farmville creator to hire Jeff Karp following its John Schappert swoop

Analysts are debating whether turmoil across the financial markets will damage Zynga’s bid to go public. The social gaming giant, which has routinely won praise as a worthwhile investment, now faces a market gripped by anxiety. Any company with an IPO planned for this week will probably pull it,” Dow …