Neowin News Feed for: Zynga

Draw Something app to become a TV game show

Andy Weir — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:45:21 +0100

The phenomenally popular mobile app Draw Something is set to become a TV game show called 'Draw It!', with a cash prize up for grabs as contestants team up with celebrities against the clock. Read more...

EA sues Zynga; claims The Ville violates copyrights

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:07:01 +0100

Electronic Arts has filed a lawsuit against Zynga, claiming that Zynga's Facebook game The Ville violates copyrights owned by EA when it made its own Facebook game The Sims Social. Read more...

Insider trading lawsuit filed against Zynga

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:55:21 +0100

The first lawsuit alleging insider trading has been filed against Zynga. The suit alleges that insiders at the company had prior knowledge of poor results and sold shares at higher prices. Read more...

Microsoft formally opposes US Defense of Marriage Act

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:40:55 +0100

Microsoft has joined with a number of other companies in formally opposing the United States' Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. Read more...

Zynga sues PyramidVille developer

Tyler Holman — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:46:39 +0100

Zynga, the developer of titles like FarmVille, which has been accused of 'borrowing' elements from other developers in the past, is suing Kobojo, a French studio, over their 'PyramidVille' game. Read more...

Zynga listed as E3 2012 exhibitor; Atari and others skip event

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:31:15 +0000

Zynga is listed for the first time as an exhibitor for June's E3 video game trade show. However, Atari and other major game publishers won't be attending this year. Read more...

Zynga employees review their own game

Paul Ferson — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Two Zynga employees have been observed reviewing their own game in a positive manner, since they are undoubtedly unbiased in their opinions. Read more...

Zynga stock surges after Facebook revenue link revealed

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:26:59 +0000

The stock price of Facebook-based game publisher Zynga soared up near 18 percent today after it was revealed that Facebook gets 12 percent of its total revenue from Zynga. Read more...

Zynga stock settles at $9.50 for first trading day

John Callaham — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:26:20 +0000

Facebook game publisher Zynga's stock didn't do as well as expected on the first day of trading as its stock price fell 5 percent to $9.50 on the NASDAQ stock market. Read more...

Zynga to begin trading stock publicly Dec. 16

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:20:09 +0000

Zynga announced that it will being trading its stock publicly on December 16. It plans to issue 100 million shares with a price of between $8.50 to $10 a share, which gives Zynga a $10 billion value. Read more...

Gaming news round-up: November 28

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:01:01 +0000

Today's gaming news include word that one of Zynga's Facebook games is now going to be an official Indiana Jones game, Angry Birds' developers reportedly turn down a big buyout offer and more. Read more...

Zynga CEO defends company's actions

John Callaham — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:42:25 +0000

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus reportedly sent out an email to the employees of his Facebook-based game publisher calling allegations made in the Wall Street Journal today "hearsay and innuendo" Read more...

Did Zynga ask employees to give back stock options?

John Callaham — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:07:37 +0000

Even as social networking game publisher Zynga preps to launch its IPO, a new rumor claims that the company asked employees to give back some of their stock options. Read more...

Zynga announces new games and Zynga Direct service

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:57:41 +0100

Game publisher Zynga announced a bunch of new games today, including CastleVille, along with Zynga Direct, its own social gaming online service that's built on Facebook Connect. Read more...

Mafia Wars 2 details emerge

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:11:00 +0100

More details have been revealed about Mafia Wars 2, the upcoming sequel to one of Zynga's first successful Facebook games. Mafia Wars 2 should officially launch in a few weeks. Read more...

Zynga's CityVille heads to Google+; prepare for addiction

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:12:01 +0100

The hugely popular and addictive social game on Facebook, CityVille, is now available through Google+'s gaming section thanks to Zynga Read more...

Zynga profits down 95 percent in last quarter

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:53:08 +0100

Facebook game publisher Zynga reports that profits from its last fiscal quarter dropped down 95 percent from the same period a year ago as its player base shrank by 3 million players. Read more...

Zynga announces Mafia Wars 2

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:12:32 +0100

Zynga has announced plans to release Mafia Wars 2 in October, a sequel to one of the companies first Facebook games that still has a small but loyal following. Read more...

The Sims Social crosses 50 million player mark on Facebook

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:21:11 +0100

Electronic Arts has a massively popular Facebook game in The Sims Social. The newest version of EA's people sim series now has over 50 million users, making it second only to Zynga's Cityville. Read more...

Facebook brings in $1.6 billion in first half of 2011

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:22:51 +0100

A new report claims that privately owned Facebook brought in $1.6 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2011, which is double what it bought in 2010 in the same time period. Read more...