March 11th, 2013

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"Zynga is often accused of copying games, which is mostly true." Not a hugely uncommon view among independent mobile games developers, but as a quote from Zynga's own VP for mobile Dan Porter, more incendiary. One...

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March 7th, 2013

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The huge success of the Temple Run games hasn't gone unnoticed by larger publishers. Zynga and Sega are releasing games putting their own spin on the 3D endless-runner genre. Zynga's is a game called...

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March 4th, 2013

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Zynga has released the first new game from the developers of Draw Something since it bought OMGPop a year ago. The new freemium game, What’s The Phrase, is available now for iPhone, with Android to come...

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March 1st, 2013

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Two of the developers behind FarmVille have created a new company, Red Hot Labs, to develop mobile games and platform technology. The company, which was started by FarmVille co-creators Amitt Mahajan and...

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February 20th, 2013

Did you forget about Draw Something? The early hype around the innovative social drawing game may have ebbed away, but publisher Zynga had a big milestone to announce yesterday: 100m downloads. Other...

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February 19th, 2013

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Casual games companies are targeting the UK with real-money gambling titles while they wait for the US market to open up. Such is the conclusion of a New York Times article about the transition of casual...

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February 6th, 2013

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Is Zynga finally a mobile-first games company? That's what CEO Mark Pincus hopes: "In the third quarter, we realigned our company to a mobile-first focus," he told analysts yesterday, after the publisher...

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February 5th, 2013

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Games retailer GameStop has created a $10m fund for mobile games developers on its Kongregate platform. Kongregate will offer distribution, financial assistance, consulting services and marketing support...

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December 14th, 2012

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2012 has been a frenetic year for iOS game releases, but a two-year old title has topped Apple's Top Grossing iPhone apps chart for this year in the UK: Poker by Zynga. The multiplayer poker game is one...

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