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Zynga says its slow and steady turnaround is continuing, despite big drops in its user numbers. The mobile giant reported that its average active daily users have fallen 24 per cent year-on-year from 24m to 18m, and down from 19m in the previous quarter. Active monthly users are down from …
Read More »Yummy Gummy dev Zindagi acquired by Zynga
Social games firm sees losses shrink during 2015 as mobile grew to contribute 73% of bookings
Read More »Zynga’s Chiang joins Warner to oversee game development
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has hired long-running games exec Steven Chiang to take responsibility for its games development ventures. Chiang previously served as studio president at Zynga, where he oversaw development for the company’s free-to-play mobile and Facebook titles. He left Zynga last year. At Warner Bros, Chiang takes up …
Read More »Ex-Zynga exec to oversee Warner Bros’ game development
Steven Chiang joins LEGO and Batman publisher as executive vice president of worldwide production and studios
Read More »Zynga CFO departs despite company exceeding financial predictions
Social games firm Zynga has announced the departure of its chief financial officer in spite of the publisher posting financial results exceeding its expectations. Zynga forecasted $155m to $170m for the quarter, and beat these predictions by recording bookings of $176m. This is an increase of $1m year-on-year – in …
Read More »Steady Q3 for Zynga, CFO resigns
$176m in total bookings driven by growth in key mobile franchises
Read More »Zynga introduces playable ads with Sponsored Play
New branded levels charge advertisers each time they are played and can offer consumer rewards
Read More »FarmVille creator Mark Skaggs quits Zynga
Joe Kaminkow and Lincoln Brown both promoted to senior vice president of games
Read More »Zynga senior vice president Mark Skaggs leaves company
FarmVille creative director Mark Skaggs has departed from his position as senior vice president of Zynga. Gamasutrareports on a Zynga staff email the site obtained, written by company founder and CEO Mark Pincus. In it, Pincus confirms Skaggs departure without providing any additional details on the matter. Skaggs lead the …
Read More »Casino games studio Rising Tide acquired by Zynga
Zynga has acquired US-based casino games developer Rising Tide Games. The developer was founded in 2014 by ex-Zynga and Playtika execs Maytal Olsha, Stuart Zoble, Andrew Sega and Peter Franco. The move is part of Zynga’s plans to expand its offerings in the social casino gaming space. In 2013, the …
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