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The second-in-command at publisher Electronic Arts resigned from his role to join Zynga, the social games group has finally confirmed. Zynga snapped up John Schappert, who was formerly Electronic Arts’ chief operating officer, in May this year. At the time, both groups declined to comment when rumours of the switch …

Over $50 million paid for Words With Friends group Newtoy

Electronic Arts lost one of its most senior executives to the social games firm

It’s the silent success story of modern gaming. It’s growing. It’s bigger than you realise and it becomes more influential every day. And it believes video games should be free. That’s the realisation that could well this morning be hitting the industry’s top level execs right in the face following …

Casual games giant makes first move towards stock flotation

FarmVille creator and Facebook gaming behemoth Zynga is close to floating on the stock market. The US-based developer is reportedly setting up an Initial Public Offering this week worth as much as $2bn in shares. That’s the equivalent of around ten per cent of the business, which has been valued …

Social gaming firm rumoured to float; Now valued between $15bn and $20bn

Rumours suggest big-money swoop could be made by Zynga, EA or DeNA

Zynga has struck gold again with Empires & Allies, it’s latest Facebook title. The free-to-play strategy game has attracted just under 33m active users in its first three weeks, according to GamesIndustry. It is currently averaging at 6.5m users per day, and had a userbase of 10m just nine days …

Zynga has taken legal action on Vostu for allegedly copying the design and content of a number of its games. The former claims its mega successful Facebook game CityVille has been replicated unashamedly by Brazilian firm Vostu in the form of MegaCity, reports TechCrunch. Let’s be clear – it is …