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Thirteenth acquisition in twelve months as the Farmville group expands further
Read More »Zynga UK is born
Social games giant Zynga has made its first acquisition of a UK development outfit. Wonderland Software, creator of iPhone title GodFinger, is to be renamed Zynga Mobile UK. Wonderland Software staff will now be working for Zynga, while the studio’s former CEO – Matthew Wiggins – takes the role of …
Read More »Zynga UK established in studio acquisition
Guildford-based Wonderland Software sold for undisclosed fee
Read More »EA’s Schappert quits, joins Zynga
John Schappert, the COO of publisher EA, has in a shock move resigned from the publisher, news agency Reuters is reporting. In an even more astonishing move, he has done so to join rising casual games force Zynga, it is claimed. It’s not yet known what role he will take …
Read More »Key EA exec John Schappert ‘quits for Zynga’
Chief operating officer resigns on eve of companyâ??s quarterly financial report
Read More »Zynga empire stretches to Washington
New Seattle outfit on hiring run for web engineers
Read More »Music studio ‘shuts down and joins Zynga’
JamLegend staff transfer to the FarmVille giant, reports claim
Read More »MySpace losing Zynga support
Games page asks users to redirect to Zynga.com
Read More »Social gaming to be worth $5bn by 2015
The global market for social games is expected to create revenues of over $5 billion by the end of 2015. That’s according to research firm Parks Associates’ latest report, Social Gaming: Market Updates, in which the company claims the market is on course for a five-fold increase between 2010 and …
Read More »Social games ‘to make $5b by 2015’
Annual revenues to climb fivefold in as many years, analyst claims
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