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Will social gamers please stand up and introduce yourselves [Infographic]

Will social gamers please stand up and introduce yourselves [Infographic]

We make a lot of fun of people who forsake any semblance of a life in favor of playing 'social' games on Facebook, well, alright I do but if you were honest you would admit you do ... continue
Zynga Releasing Bingo For Facebook

Zynga Releasing Bingo For Facebook

Zynga, the massively popular social game developer, has been working on an online version of Bingo which will be available exclusively to Facebook users. What's quite funny about it all is that the senior demographic continues to ... continue
Tiny Tower Game Ruthlessly Copied by Zynga

Tiny Tower Game Ruthlessly Copied by Zynga

Tiny Tower, if you're not one of the only eight million who downloaded it, is a popular iPhone game developed by a three-man team at indie start-up NimbleBit. Dream Heights is an iPhone game launched in the ... continue
[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

So it has begun. In the coming hours, lights will be switched off at an estimated 7,000 websites across the Internet as the web protests SOPA, an oppressive act that threatens to disfigure the Internet as we ... continue
Words With Friends Saves A Man’s Life

Words With Friends Saves A Man’s Life

Words With Friends has recently become known as a great way to kick Alec Baldwin off an American Airlines flight but it turns out the Zynga owned game has an even better use...saving lives. Georgie Fletcher began playing ... continue
Zynga Releases Yet Another Game, ‘Scramble with Friends’

Zynga Releases Yet Another Game, ‘Scramble with Friends’

Zynga, the company behind such hits as Mafia Wars, Farmville, and CityVille, released yet another game today called Scramble with Friends. The game appears to play off of the success of the incredibly popular game, Words with ... continue
Zynga IPO Fizzles in Debut, Closes Below $10

Zynga IPO Fizzles in Debut, Closes Below $10

After making the biggest Internet stock offering since Google, online game maker Zynga debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market with an uninspiring performance as shares closed at $9.50 on Friday, down 5 percent from IPO price. “In Wall ... continue
Zynga (ZNGA) Prepares To Launch Massive IPO

Zynga (ZNGA) Prepares To Launch Massive IPO

Social gaming behemoth Zynga will officially launch their IPO on Friday and it's expected to be the biggest offering for an internet based company since Google went public in 2004. With the success of such games as Words ... continue
Alec Baldwin kicked off American Airlines flight for playing Words with Friends

Alec Baldwin kicked off American Airlines flight for playing Words with Friends

It seems like just about everyone with a smartphone is addicted to Words with Friends, and actor Alec Baldwin is no exception to that. He's apparently so addicted, in fact, that he wouldn't turn his phone off ... continue
Zynga To Employees: Give Us Back Our Stock Or Else!

Zynga To Employees: Give Us Back Our Stock Or Else!

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus gave away a lot of stock to his employees when he founded his social gaming behemoth and now he's wishing he hadn't. According to the Wall Street Journal the company is demanding that employees give back ... continue
Farmville The Movie Is Hollywood’s Next Stupid Idea

Farmville The Movie Is Hollywood’s Next Stupid Idea

The writers of Toy Story have decided to capitalize on the huge success of Zynga's Facebook game Farmville by attempting to write a script around the popular social game. One Toy Story writer told IGN: "We're in conversations with Zynga ... continue
Zynga Unlocks a Whole Universe of Exploration with Latest Game Adventure World

Zynga Unlocks a Whole Universe of Exploration with Latest Game Adventure World

Social game developer Zynga has rolled out its newest game, Adventure World. Set during the golden age of exploration, the game unlocks a new universe of exploration and puzzle-solving. Players battle nasty critters and trace clues to ... continue
Zynga And Best Buy Team Up, Gamers Can Now Open Best Buy Stores In Their City

Zynga And Best Buy Team Up, Gamers Can Now Open Best Buy Stores In Their City

Best Buy and Zynga have teamed up to take the popular electronics store to Zynga's gaming masses. Under their newly formed partnership CityVille players will be able to open their very own Best Buy stores and collected ... continue
First Look: Zynga’s ‘Hanging With Friends’ Now Available

First Look: Zynga’s ‘Hanging With Friends’ Now Available

Addicted to Words With Friends yet? Zynga has added a second "With Friends" title to the franchise, unleashing Hanging With Friends to a populace already experiencing delirium tremens when separated from their smartphones for more than twenty minutes. ... continue
Zynga IPO Could Happen Next Week, Bring In More Than $14 Billion

Zynga IPO Could Happen Next Week, Bring In More Than $14 Billion

Social gaming behemoth Zynga could file their initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC by early next week. Best known for their "Ville" line of games, namely CityVille, FarmVille and GagaVille, the company has raked in hundreds of ... continue
Zynga Empires & Allies Combat Game Goes Live

Zynga Empires & Allies Combat Game Goes Live

If you're like me and you haven't been swayed by the current Facebook gaming options like FarmVille, social gaming developer Zynga has something that just might get you on board with the whole social gaming fad. In comes ... continue
[Pic] Is This the Best ‘Words With Friends’ Move of All Time?

[Pic] Is This the Best ‘Words With Friends’ Move of All Time?

They say it's a cheat app, but I want to believe. Have you ever managed an epic "Words With Friends" coup like this? [via] continue
Social Gaming Company ‘Zynga’ Preparing To File IPO

Social Gaming Company ‘Zynga’ Preparing To File IPO

Zynga is preparing to file their Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a filing that could come as early as the end of the week. The IPO rumor comes at a time when tech ... continue
This is happening: GagaVille is Lady Gaga + FarmVille

This is happening: GagaVille is Lady Gaga + FarmVille

I don't know how much money developer Zynga has made from FarmVille, but it must be a crapload because it's somehow encouraged Lady Gaga to sign up to a Gaga/FarmVille crossover thing called GagaVille. *checks date* Nope, ... continue
Did Zynga’s Farmville and similar apps kill the soap opera?

Did Zynga’s Farmville and similar apps kill the soap opera?

An interesting theory has been posited by Adweek, concerning the mostly-concurrent rise of social gaming via social networks- like FarmVille on Facebook- and the death of daytime soaps. A few weeks ago, two long-running TV soaps were cut ... continue
T. Rowe Price shows some serious love for Facebook and Zynga

T. Rowe Price shows some serious love for Facebook and Zynga

Typically you don't find Wall Street investing in companies that haven't gone public but as we all remember the fuss that was raised when Goldman Sachs invested in Facebook last year this practice seems to have changed. It ... continue
[Moron Dept.] Zynga files to a trademark on “Ville” in Europe

[Moron Dept.] Zynga files to a trademark on “Ville” in Europe

In the general run of the mill business world trademarks make sense but when it comes to the web company world it seems like no-one has any sense at all. According to the Fusible blog Zynga has decided ... continue