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Leading social gaming outfit welcomes new CFO
Read More »Zynga opens Japan wing
Further expansion for the Facebook game empire
Read More »Zynga bid to quell Street Racing uproar
Firm offers no real-term refunds, refuses to answer questions
Read More »[Update] Ownership row as Zynga abolishes game
Fiasco as fans are taunted with advert for completely unrelated game
Read More »Google ‘building Facebook games rival’
Insiders claim the search engine giant is building 'a YouTube for gaming'
Read More »GDC Online boasts Disney and Playdom talks
The media empire and its new social studio to reveal all at the key trade event
Read More »Zynga embroiled in Street Racing row
The unyielding level of authority Zynga has over its paying customers was exposed this week, as fans of social network game Street Racing continue to protest an unexplained decision to abolish the game. Those fans, having together invested untold amounts of real money into the Facebook game, have been told …
Read More »Google in talks with games publishers?
The long-awaited arrival of Google in the games sector could almost be upon us with claims that the search giant is in talks with major publishers about game content for a new contender in the social networking space. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is negotiating with EA’s Playfish, …
Read More »Social games market to hit $1.5bn in 2014
The total value of the social network games market will reach $1.5bn by 2014, according to a new report from Screen Digest. In 2009 that total stood at around $639m with 500m active monthly users, suggesting that the sector is set to grow by over 100 per cent in the …
Read More »Zynga â??to report $175m profitâ??
Rumours suggest the firm has far outplayed analyst expectations
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