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Zynga’s Running with Friends has you bolting off for dear life

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

While Zynga is continuing to go through a little bit of a rough patch financially, the studio continues to deliver with new games, the latest one being Running with Friends, which is yet another installment to the company's popular line of "with Friends" titles, only this time you compete with your friends to avoid a stampede of raging bulls. Read The Full Story

Zynga signs on to publish Game of Thrones social game

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga has partnered up with game developer Disruptor Beam to publish the developer's Game of Thrones Ascent social game. Zynga will be publishing the game both through Facebook and through its official website in order to market it to its user base of over 250 million people. The game is an extension of the popular Game of Thrones series on HBO, and will allow you to create a character to fight for one of the Great Houses. Read The Full Story

Draw Something 2 aims to be Zynga’s saving grace

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga has released the sequel to one of its best games of all time, and they're fittingly calling it Draw Something 2. The new Pictionary-style game brings more social features, new drawing tools, and a personal gallery that looks to one-up the original installment. The game is available now in iTunes, and it comes with a free version, as well as an ad-free $2.99 flavor. Read The Full Story

Zynga gets ready to shut down more games

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga is getting ready to send several more of its games to the graveyard. Joining the recently deceased CityVille 2, The Friend Game, and Party Place are Zynga's previously popular games: The Ville, Empires & Allies, Dream Zoo, and Zynga City on Tencent. Zynga's Chief Operations Officer, David Ko, stated that Zynga decided to take an axe to these "under-performing" games in an effort to lower costs. Read The Full Story

Zynga brings real-money gambling to the UK

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga has joined together with Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in order to launch its own real-money gambling apps. Zynga is keeping true to its promised made last July, when it said that it planned on launching an online gambling service this year. Right now, it's only launching the apps in the United Kingdom, however, it plans on spreading its online gaming apps to more European markets later on this year. Read The Full Story

OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter leaves Zynga after one year

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

A little past a year after Zynga acquired OMGPOP, OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter has decided to leave the company. It's believed that Porter's departure was a mutual decision between him and Zynga. He left just before the sequel of his popular social-game, Draw Something, is set to release. He will be replaced by Zynga's current General Manager, Sean Uberoi Kelly. Read The Full Story

Zynga distances itself from Facebook

, Mar 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga has announced that it will no longer be requiring people to log into their Facebook accounts when entering its site. Zynga wants to distance itself from Facebook in order to become a more independent game developer. You are now able to access your favorite games, like Farmville, Chefville, Draw Sometihng, and more via a stand-alone Zynga account. Read The Full Story

Ryan Seacrest leaks Draw Something 2 on Twitter

, Mar 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Ryan Seacrest, known as the host of American Idol and also as a radio host for New York's Z100, leaked out what appears to be a sequel to the ever popular social game, Draw Something. Seacrest wrote in a tweet, "I somehow convinced them to give me #DrawSomething2 first... this may be the best Mariah & Randy have ever looked." Alongside the tweet, he posted an image of a very well drawn picture of the American Idol judges. Read The Full Story

Zynga shutting down Baltimore studio, consolidating offices

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga certainly isn't new to restructuring and shutting down its various studios and offices, and it looks like they're at it again. The COO of Zynga, David Ko, published a blog post today announcing some more changes to the company, namely the closure of its Baltimore studio and the consolidation of three of its offices. Read The Full Story

Zynga’s Draw Something garners 100 million downloads in first year

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Remember the fun, social drawing game Draw Something? It was released a year ago and became the number one social game within a month or so. If you were like a lot of people, though, you probably played for a bit and then ultimately deleted the app after a week. However, it seems the game has been a huge hit for a whole year now, because Zynga is reporting that the game has garnered 100 million downloads in its year of existence. Read The Full Story

Zynga chief game designer likely to start own game studio

, Feb 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Just a few days ago, we told you that Brian Reynolds, Zynga's chief game designer is stepping down from his post after almost four years at the company. At the time, it wasn't clear what Reynolds planned on doing next, but the man has spoken, and while he's still not 100% sure what he's going to do, starting up a small game studio is likely in the cards. Read The Full Story

Zynga’s chief game designer leaving company after almost 4 years

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's no surprise that Zynga has been struggling recently. They shut down 11 of their games and even closed their Japan studio, as well as their Boston location, so it makes sense that employees are on edge as far as where they stand with unemployment, and many people are getting out of there before even more hellstorms start up, including the company's chief game designer, Brian Reynolds. Read The Full Story
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