October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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Zynga To Launch Popular Mobile Game ‘Words With Friends’ On Facebook
With all of the games that Zynga has been releasing on mobile devices -- “Hanging With Friends” being one recent example -- it seemed for a while that the company had moved on from the platform that led to its initial success: Facebook. However, nothing could be further from the truth as Zynga has announced that its popular mobile game “Words With Friends”... Read more »
Zynga Teams Up With Tencent To Launch ‘Zynga City,’ Chinese Version Of CityVille
Zynga's CityVille, the biggest social game on Facebook with more than 90 million monthly players, has taken Facebook by storm and is available in a number of different languages, but the popular social game has yet to hit places that don't have access to Facebook -- at least until now. Zynga has partnered up with Tencent, China's leading Internet service company, to... Read more »
REPORT: Zynga Was In Race To Acquire PopCap Games, Made $1B Cash Bid
Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday that it will acquire social gaming company PopCap Games for $750 million in stock and cash, potentially rising to $1.3 billion based on performance over the next 2 years. However, EA almost missed out on buying PopCap, as rival company Zynga is said to have made a bid of $1 billion in cash. Zynga would have financed the deal at... Read more »
Zynga Acquires Five Mobile, Toronto-based Mobile App Developers
Social gaming giants Zynga have announced another acquisition. This time, they've snagged the team of the mobile app developing firm Five Mobile, the company's 15th acquisition in the last 14 months. As part of the acquisition, Zynga will acquire certain assets and intellectual property of the Toronto-based firm. Zynga plans to use Five Mobile's team to develop... Read more » Zynga Launches PrivacyVille, Rewards Users For Learning About Privacy Policy
Zynga has launched a new privacy initiative that will reward you for learning about the company's privacy policy. PrivacyVille is a game-like tutorial that gives you zPoints for learning about the privacy policy while giving you easy access to other privacy resources. The tutorial is modeled after Zynga's most popular game, “CityVille” -- which has more than... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Zynga Became A Social Gaming Powerhouse, Its Path To IPO
Zynga, the social gaming giants behind the Facebook games "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," have just filed for an IPO and are hoping to raise $1 billion dollars through the sale. The company has come a long way since its beginnings and it's hard to imagine at one point in time Facebook existed without the games we've become immensely addicted to. Namesake has put... Read more » Zynga Files For IPO, Aims To Raise $1 Billion
Social gaming company Zynga has filed for its IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is hoping to raise $1 billion through the sale. Zynga says in the filing that its games are played by 232 million monthly active users in 166 countries and more than 38,000 virtual items are created every second. More than 60 million people play Zynga... Read more » Zynga, AT&T Announce Deal To Bring Mobile Games To AT&T Customers
Zynga and AT&T have announced an agreement that is designed to bring the latest in mobile gaming to AT&T's millions of mobile customers. Games such as “Words With Friends” and “Zynga Poker” and customized content will be featured on AT&T's shelf in the Android Market later this year. The deal is the first of its kind between Zynga and a... Read more » REPORT: Zynga Could File For IPO Within 24 Hours, Valued at $15-20B
Social gaming company Zynga is said to be ready to file for its IPO as soon as Wednesday and will aim to raise $1.5-2 billion in funding. If rumors that Zynga is offering less than 10 percent of its shares in the IPO prove to be true, then that means the company has a valuation in the region of at least $15-20 billion. According to a tweet from CNBC's Kate Kelly,... Read more »
Zynga Launches ‘CityVille Hometown’ Mobile Game
Social gaming company Zynga has launched a mobile version of its hit Facebook game “CityVille.” The game, which is called “CityVille Hometown,” is free and it will be released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices this week in Canada before being rolled out to the rest of the world. The game includes all of the main elements of “CityVille” and gives... Read more »
