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British Academy to recognise growing development sector
Read More »Zynga opens studio in Ireland [correction]
Unprecedented acquisition spree shows no signs of slowing
Read More »Zynga â??privacy abuse victimâ?? happy to go public
Facebook â??data leakâ?? suddenly sees lawsuit at Zyngaâ??s doorstep
Read More »Facebook leak hits Zynga users
Millions of Facebook users have had their personal information leaked to advertising companies through various Zynga games, it has emerged. A wall Street Journal investigation into the matter concludes that all of the 10 most popular apps on Facebook had been transmitting user IDs to external companies, igniting new criticisms …
Read More »Facebook ID leak hits millions of Zynga users
Personal user ID covertly sent to third parties
Read More »Ex-Ensemble group buy in Zynga takeover spree
Bonfire Studios purchased and renamed; key staff to remain in manager roles
Read More »Great games ‘will defeat Zynga’
PopCap CEO Dave Roberts has blasted social gaming giant Zynga, claiming that the Peggle company’s quality of product ultimately betters the FarmVille outfit’s business model. Speaking at the WTIA TechNW forum in Seattle, Roberts suggested that the days of making ‘easy money’ from social games is drawing to a close, …
Read More »PopCap confident about beating Zynga
Bejeweled studio certain it can outpace FarmVille company
Read More »Finally, Zynga enters Euro fray
Social gaming giant buys game engine firm Dextrose to create Zynga Germany
Read More »Zynga’s scope, size and power
Speaking at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference today, Zynga’s CTO Cadir Lee has revealed a number of stats and details which show what an impressive infrastructure and vast operation it runs. The numbers include:* 10 PER CENT of the world’s internet population has played a Zynga game* 215 MLLION monthly users* Zynga’s …
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