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COO resigns from social gaming firm to join engine creator as marketing chief

COO Clive Downie discusses the firm's problems and the road ahead in mobile

Zynga CEO Don Mattrick has departed the social games giant after less than two years, with former boss Mark Pincus reinstated as chief exec. No reason was given for Mattrick’s departure. Co-founder Mark Pincus, who is re-taking the reigns after stepping down from the role two years ago, thanks the …

Two new members added to live games management team

Roy Rosenthal joins mobile network as general counsel and head of business affairs

Don Mattrick needs to go – that’s according to BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield. Polygon reports that Greenfield has published a paper called "Zynga Needs A New Leader – Time for Don Mattrick To Go", criticising the exec for the company’s purchase of Clumsy Ninja developer Natural Motion for $527m and …

Zynga’s troubles to adapt to a mobile-led market continue, with its 2014 fiscal results showing a net loss of $226m. Of this, $129m was attributed to stock-based expenses, $7m to income tax benefit and $24m to the expense of its ongoing restructuring. Revenues came in at $690m for the year …

Dawn of Titans joins Farmville match-three title and mobile Empires & Allies in social games firm's line-up

Revenues down by 20 per cent, Zynga China closed, but CEO Don Mattrick claims it was "a year of progress"

Pablo Paniagua joins social games firm as head of product