Zynga News

The once-great developer of Gitaroo Man and Elite Beat Agents has a new iOS and Android game out published by Zynga.

The reports of OMGPOP's closure as part of a massive layoffs at Zynga are apparently true, but one former employee said the end was not a surprise, and was met with no sadness.

OMGPOP, the studio picked up by Zynga after the breakout success of Draw Something, has reportedly been closed as part of yesterday's layoffs.

Social game developer Zynga has laid off 520 employees from their internal teams, and will be closing their Los Angeles, New York and Dallas offices in the process, the company has confirmed.

Dan Porter, the former CEO of OMGPOP who took over as vice president of Zynga's New York office after the studio was acquired, has decided to leave the company.

Running With Friends is the latest game from social gaming giant Zynga. And it's from Eat Sleep Play, developers of Twisted Metal for PS3.

Zynga has announced it is shutting down the Baltimore office, and consolidating locations in New York, Dallas, and Austin.

FarmVille is set to be an animated television series, produced by Brett Ratner.

The talent loss at struggling social game company Zynga continues as the company's chief game designer Brian Reynolds, who led the design for Frontierville, has resigned and is looking to get back into the nitty gritty of game design.

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has confirmed yesterday's layoffs, a 5% reduction in staff and the closure of the Boston studio. Closures are also being proposed to its Japan and UK studios.

Zynga has reportedly laid off approximately 100 employees from its Austin studio, with similar downsizing possible for its Chicago and Boston offices.

Zynga denies allegations made by EA, saying the company has no exclusive claim to the "life simulation" genre. In a prepared statement to Shacknews, Zynga also claims that EA is guilty of "anticompetitive and unlawful business practices," for which the company has filed a co...

Richard Garriott's first social game, Ultimate Collector, will be published by Zynga on Facebook.

The game that really put Zynga on the map has returned. Three years after the original, FarmVille 2 has launched.

Ramblings and musings of occasional significance to the Shacknews audience. This is the morning edition for August 30, 2012. Topics include: Spec Ops has inoperable 'cancer'; PS3 users are mad about Hearthfire; more desertions hit Zynga. Wake up, scrubs, it's the Morning Caf...