March 11th, 2013
"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...
March 7th, 2013
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...
March 4th, 2013
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...
March 1st, 2013
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...
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...
February 19th, 2013
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...
February 6th, 2013
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...
February 5th, 2013
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...
December 14th, 2012
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...
