April 26th, 2013

Candy Crush saga
The enormous success of Candy Crush Saga – now played 55m times a day across Android and iOS – has helped developer King.com to 66m daily users. This, King notes, compares favourably to Zynga, which...

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April 25th, 2013

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Social games publisher Zynga reported its latest financial results yesterday, and while it beat Wall Street forecasts, year-on-year slippages for revenues and active players show the company has a challenge...

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April 25th, 2013

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Zynga has launched Draw Something 2 globally today, following a beta test in Sweden earlier this year. The sequel to the social drawing game that was a mobile craze this time last year adds new patterns,...

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April 12th, 2013

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Draw Something is coming to Channel 4, after the UK broadcaster agreed a deal with Victory Television for a new show called Draw It! inspired by the Zynga game. The show will work thus: two teams, made...

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April 3rd, 2013

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Draw Something 2 is on the verge of release, but the man behind the game and its predecessor is leaving publisher a Zynga a year after it acquired his company OMGPOP. Dan Porter's departure was confirmed...

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April 3rd, 2013

Zynga Poker
Zynga’s first real-money gambling games, ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino, went live in the UK this morning. The former is an “online poker room”, with a variety of games and tournaments; the latter...

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April 2nd, 2013

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Zynga has launched Draw Something 2, the sequel to its popular social drawing game. The catch: the new game is only available in Sweden for now. "Get an exclusive sneak peek for Sweden only - the first...

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March 25th, 2013

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Heard of Kakao Talk yet? It's hard not to have, if you're following the mobile games industry. Often seen as a messaging app, Kakao Talk is establishing a lucrative business as a social gaming platform...

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March 19th, 2013

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Draw Something 2 is coming soon and will include “new ways to draw and connect”. That’s according to tweets yesterday from Dan Porter, head of developer OMGPOP and VP of parent company Zynga, and...

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