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Farmville movie in consideration

By Steve Watts, Oct 07, 2011 12:45pm PDT

Toy Story screenwriters Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen said they are in talks with Zynga to write a movie adaptation, and implied that it's Farmville.

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"dont forget that the story can progress ONLY if you bring a pre-determined number of ..."

- surferosh see all 7 comments

Mafia Wars 2 announced

By Steve Watts, Sep 20, 2011 1:30pm PDT

Zynga has announced Mafia Wars 2, a follow-up to its popular Facebook game from 2009.

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" "details are scarce" as well as gameplay options. The newest trailer, introduces the nag more ..."

- Fletcherhea see all 9 comments

Zynga announces Adventure World

By Steve Watts, Aug 31, 2011 8:30am PDT

Zynga announced Adventure World today, an adventure puzzle game set to launch on Facebook soon. It borrows heavily from the tone of Indiana Jones films.

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"who cares? these browser games are the ruin of pc gaming, not consoles"

- Dagger Man see all 4 comments

Words With Friends coming to Facebook

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 01, 2011 6:15pm PDT

Words With Friends, a Scrabble clone from Zynga, has destroyed countless friendships and relationships thanks to its wildly popular iOS and Android app. Countless more heartbreaks will undoubtedly ensue thanks to the upcoming release of a Facebook version

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"Utopia needs a port to Facebook. I'd love to drop some raiders on some profiles."

- oc3lot see all 6 comments

Zynga sued by Segan LLC

By Jeff Mattas, Aug 01, 2011 4:45pm PDT

Social game giant Zynga is being sued for patent infringement by Segan LLC.

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"Shit guys, lets patent the ability to use a website to send information to a database, that the ..."

- Zero Hoki see all 7 comments

NBA Jam creator leaves EA, joins Zynga

By Steve Watts, Jul 14, 2011 4:30pm PDT

EA Sports' Mark Turmell, known for creating the NBA Jam series and rumored to be working on a revival of NFL Blitz, has left the company and taken a position at social games developer Zynga.

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Zynga files for $1 billion IPO

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 01, 2011 11:15am PDT

As predicted, Zynga plans on becoming public, hoping to raise $1 billion in an IPO.

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"for normal companies its 7x the profit, for newer companies it can be as high as 20x i think. ..."

- filthysock see all 15 comments

Zynga IPO seeks up to $2 billion

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 29, 2011 8:45am PDT

Zynga is seeking "between $1.5 billion and $2 billion" as part of an initial stock offering (IPO) that could make the company one of the largest in gaming.

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"EA is not buying PopCap - don't believe everything you read. "

- Moog69 see all 53 comments

Zynga launches strategy/combat game Empires & Allies

By Steve Watts, Jun 01, 2011 2:45pm PDT

Zynga has launched a new strategy/combat game named Empires & Allies, meant to blend strategy game mechanics with the social networking aspect of its popular Ville titles.

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"They're one of the largest game developers. They get covered because of it. There's nothing else ..."

- LoioshDwaggie see all 25 comments

Report: Schappert leaves EA for Zynga

By Steve Watts, Apr 26, 2011 11:30am PDT

EA COO John Schappert has resigned from his position, and reportedly plans to join Zynga's senior staff as head of the games division. Analyst Michael Pachter predicts this is a step towards taking the company into public trading.

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"I agree with you, but I feel more like Zynga games are the equivalent of exploitation movies in ..."

- CompellingVisuals see all 5 comments

Zynga acquires Floodgate Entertainment

By Steve Watts, Mar 24, 2011 11:30am PDT

Zynga has bought Boston developer Floodgate Entertainment. The team will join Zynga Boston and founder Paul Neurath will become the studio's Creative Director.

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"I wouldn't call floodgate non-casual... it seems like this was done for their mobile dev chops ..."

- mikecyb see all 8 comments

Video Games Intersect Social Networks at D.I.C.E.

By Garnett Lee, Feb 13, 2011 9:00am PST

Some of the brightest minds in the video game world discussed the industry's rapidly growing relationship with social media at this year's D.I.C.E....

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"nice read, thanks. I do too, like the story telling in game, and immersion. Single player is ..."

- laki01 see all 11 comments

Zynga Issues Cease & Desist to Protect "Ville" Trademark

By Steve Watts, Jan 24, 2011 2:00pm PST

Popular Facebook game developer Zynga has issued a cease and desist order against Blingville, for its game of the same name. GamesIndustry.biz...

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"Your idea of how a trademark works is incorrect. You have the basic premise down, but need to be ..."

- liqker see all 32 comments

Zynga Buys 'Words With Friends' Studio NewToy Inc.

By Brian Leahy, Dec 02, 2010 10:20am PST

Zynga, the social-gaming giant behind FarmVille, has acquired NewToy Inc., makers of the popular Words With Friends and Chess With Friends iOS...

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"I used to play it, but got fed up when people would be brute-force searching for words because ..."

- Lemming4242 see all 6 comments

FarmVille Creator Zynga Worth More than Electronic Arts According to Valuation

By Brian Leahy, Oct 27, 2010 4:20pm PDT

According to SharesPost Inc., which handles trades for shares of privately held companies, FarmVille creator Zynga has been valued at an estimated...

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"I don't know but I heard of a guy apparently waking up to find that he had purchases $500 worth ..."

- r4ck3r see all 21 comments