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Facebook games giant says its future is platform-agnostic
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook game virality is back
New split-streams allow gaming back on the front page, without personal feeds affected
Read More »Zynga profits dive 90%
Expenses curb surging revenues; Market panic clouds IPO bid
Read More »Zynga gets its first taste of economic slowdown
Casual games giant and CityVille publisher Zynga has reported a slight slow down in growth for the first time in its history during its June quarter. Year-on-year profits for the period fell to $1.3m – that’s a drop of 95 per cent. Revenue continued to grow though at a slower …
Read More »Zynga ups the ante with Mafia Wars 2
The godfather of social games to return soon as company IPO hangs
Read More »Zynga on the ropes as Sims Social hits 50m
But Cityville firm strikes back in new Facebook 'brand wars'
Read More »Disney’s Sussman joins Zynga
Zynga is to hire another exec in the shape of Disney publishing chief Adam Sussman, a Disney spokesperson has confirmed. Sussman’s reign at Disney Interactive lasted less than a year, according to a report on AllThingsDigital. He is reported to have joined the company in January, following a spell at …
Read More »Zynga hires Disney exec Adam Sussman
Second boss to leave studio in last week
Read More »OPINION: Sims topples Zynga, and EA’s future is sealed
After nearly veering off the rails, the reinvented publisher may have finally found light at the end of the tunnel
Read More »The Sims Social passes Farmville on Facebook
EA title The Sims Social has seen its MAUs surpass that of Facebook giant Farmville on the social network. In total it now has an MAU base of 36m users. VentureBeat reports that EA’s title picked up 1.7m new users yesterday alone, taking its weekly MAU gain over 8m users. …
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