CrunchBase is hiring! Check out our
open positions →
TechCrunch
CrunchBase
More
TechCrunch Europe
TechCrunch France
TechCrunch Japan
Register
|
Login
or
Login
Advanced Search
Home
>
Service Providers
>
Zynga
>
Posts
Posts
These are all posts related to
Zynga
that have appeared on
TechCrunch
.
Stats
Total Posts
198
First Post
1/3/10
Latest Post
5/8/13
TechCrunch Posts about Zynga
Running With Friends, Zynga's Entry In The Endless Runner Genre, Launches Globally
5/8/13 by Anthony Ha
Zynga Plans To Accelerate Its Launch Cycle, Says New Games Won't Offset Declines In Q2
4/24/13 by Anthony Ha
PSA: Baidu Is *Not* Trying To Buy Zynga
4/22/13 by Ingrid Lunden
Zynga Adds KPCB's John Doerr To Its Board Of Directors
4/5/13 by Ingrid Lunden
Zynga's Real-Money Online Casino Is Now Live In The UK, With Minimum Bets Starting At £0.01
4/3/13 by Ingrid Lunden
Zynga CIO Debra Chrapaty Named Nirvanix CEO, Sees Analytics Play For Storage Company, Continued Rivalry With AWS
3/25/13 by Alex Williams
Zynga.com Makes Facebook Connect Optional As It Looks To Build An Independent Platform For Players And Developers
3/21/13 by Leena Rao
YC-Backed Kamcord Aims To Help Share A Billion Game Recordings A Day (With Some Help From Zynga)
3/19/13 by Chris Velazco
Zynga And EA Settle Legal Battle Over ‘Unmistakable Copy’ Of The Sims And ‘Anti-Competitive’ Practices
2/15/13 by Drew Olanoff
Zynga To Shut Down Three More Games (Including CityVille 2), Promises Slower Launch Cycle In 2013
2/5/13 by Anthony Ha
Zynga’s Pincus Says FarmVille Has Passed $1B In Total Player Purchases
2/5/13 by Anthony Ha
Zynga’s Q4 Beats, Revenue Flat At $311M, Net Income Swings To A Loss Of $48.6M
2/5/13 by Kim-Mai Cutler,Anthony Ha
Chief Game Designer Brian Reynolds Leaves Zynga
1/29/13 by Catherine Shu
Game Over: Zynga Shuts Down PetVille And 10 Other Titles To Cut Costs
12/30/12 by Josh Constine
Zynga Confirms It Will Close Its Japan Operation At The End Of January As Consolidation Continues To Bite The Social Gaming Company
12/21/12 by Ingrid Lunden
Zynga’s Exclusivity Deal With Facebook Is Done, But Its SVP Says Friends Aren’t Everything
12/11/12 by Josh Constine
Zynga Makes First Move Towards Gambling In Nevada, Says Process Will Take More Than A Year
12/5/12 by Anthony Ha
Games Industry Transitions In 2013: Will Consoles And Windows Rise Again?
12/1/12 by Tadhg Kelly
Zynga Shares Sink 12% After Renegotiated Partnership With Facebook Makes It Just A Regular Developer
11/29/12 by Josh Constine
Facebook And Games: Can The Social Network Turn All Of Us Into “Gamers,” Or Are We Already?
11/16/12 by Drew Olanoff
Zynga’s Arcade Games Go Mobile: Ruby Blast Launches On iOS, With Bubble Safari Coming Soon
11/15/12 by Anthony Ha
Seeking Experience With A Crash-And-Burn Share Price, Facebook Hires Zynga CFO David Wehner As Finance VP
11/13/12 by Josh Constine
Zynga Announces Acquisition Of November Software To Build ‘Mid-Core’ Game Battlestone
11/9/12 by Anthony Ha
Anonymous Is Going After Zynga For Mistreating Employees, It Has Leaked Confidential Documents And Games
10/28/12 by Drew Olanoff
Mark Pincus: Zynga Didn’t Meet Growth Goals Because “We Didn’t Create Enough New Heat” — Also, Mobile
10/24/12 by Anthony Ha
Zynga Just Shut Down Boston Office, Laid Off 100+ Employees From The Ville And Bingo Teams In Austin
10/23/12 by Josh Constine
Atari Revamps Breakout For Zynga Mobile Tie-Up: Launches Super Bunny Breakout iOS App, Android Next
10/11/12 by Natasha Lomas
Zynga Previews Its Next ‘Ville Sequel, CityVille 2, In Closed Beta In the Philippines
10/8/12 by Anthony Ha
Why Zynga Failed
10/5/12 by Josh Constine
Zynga Shares Decline About 20% To All-Time Low In After-Hours Trading
10/4/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
FarmVille 2 Aporkalypse: Where Are The Pigs In Zynga’s New Social Gaming Cash-Cow?
9/27/12 by Natasha Lomas
The Free-To-Play Storm and the Freecore Gamer
9/23/12 by Tadhg Kelly
Another Management Shake-Up At Zynga: Chief Marketing And Revenue Officer Jeff Karp Departs
9/10/12 by Anthony Ha
The First Third-Party Games Go Live On Zynga.com
9/6/12 by Anthony Ha
Zynga Finally Debuts FarmVille 2, Promises To Keep Working On The Original Too
9/5/12 by Chris Velazco
Nokia Grows Something: Zynga Deal Now Includes Draw Something, Poker For 100M Asha Feature Phones
8/16/12 by Ingrid Lunden
One Horrifying Account Of Working At Zynga
8/9/12 by Josh Constine
Following Reorg That Stripped Him Of Responsibility, COO John Schappert Leaves Zynga
8/8/12 by Anthony Ha
Zynga Explains “Challenging” Q2: Facebook Platform Changes, Late Launches, Draw Something Drops
7/25/12 by Eric Eldon
Spotted: Hasbro And Zynga’s First Physical Title, A Farmville Memory Game For Ages 4 And Up
7/24/12 by Rip Empson
Zynga Appoints Founding Yahoo Exec Ellen Siminoff to Board of Directors
7/19/12 by Billy Gallagher
European Zynga Competitor SocialPoint Raises $7.4M Series B Round
7/12/12 by Frederic Lardinois
Wall Street Winces At Zynga Event As Shares Tumble Nearly 5%
6/26/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga Boosts Support For Synchronous Multiplayer Mode In Several Games
6/26/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Facebook, Google, And Other Tech Companies Show Off Their Gay Pride (Pics)
6/25/12 by Josh Constine
Private Facebook Data Powering Ads Outside Of Facebook — Is The World Ready?
6/22/12 by Josh Constine
Facebook Ads and Sponsored Stories Are Now Running On Zynga.com, Previewing A FB Ad Network
6/22/12 by Josh Constine
Is The Next Big Game Company In The Middle East? Peak Hits 9.7M DAU, Revenue Up 600% Since Jan. 1
6/12/12 by Rip Empson
Hey Zynga, Cut It Out With This “Far East” Crap
6/5/12 by Anthony Ha & Peter Ha
Zynga Adds 50 People Through Talent Acquisition of Video Game Maker Buzz Monkey
6/4/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Mark Pincus On Zynga’s Facebook Addiction: “We’ve Never Thought Of It In Terms Of Attachment (Or Detachment)”
5/30/12 by Alexia Tsotsis
Game Closure Poaches Zynga’s CTO Of Mobile To Lead HTML5 Game Development
5/29/12 by Rip Empson
American Express Uses Zynga’s FarmVille To Lure New Prepaid Card Users
5/22/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga’s Next Cash Cow? FarmVille Sequel Spotted Under The Name “Big Harvest”
5/11/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Was Zynga’s Deal To Buy OMGPOP That Disastrous? Here’s Some Perspective.
5/9/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga Makes A Bigger Play For Arcade-Style Games With Bubble Safari
5/8/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Fly Or Die: Draw Something
5/3/12 by Jordan Crook
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: $180M OMGPOP Acquisition Was A “Rare Instance”
4/26/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga Beats Q1 Estimates With Revenues Of $321 Million As Mobile Usage Climbs To 21M Daily
4/26/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga Contributed 15% of Facebook’s Revenue In Q1, Down From 19% A Year Ago
4/23/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Update Your Draw Something App To Chat, Save Drawings, Share ‘Em To Facebook and Twitter
4/18/12 by Josh Constine
Zynga Grabs RockYou's Julie Shumaker For VP of North American Sales
4/4/12 by Kim-Mai Cutler
Zynga: We Bought OMGPOP For $180M, Pincus To Sell 15 Percent Of Shares In Secondary Offering
3/23/12 by Leena Rao
Ahead Of Launching Its First Title, Idle Games Poaches Zynga’s Lead CityVille Designer
3/1/12 by Rip Empson
Zynga Uses Facebook (!) To Launch A New Platform For Its Games — And For Other Developers
3/1/12 by Eric Eldon
Zynga Ramps Up Private Cloud Infrastructure zCloud; Now Stores 1.4 Petabytes Of Data
2/15/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Debuts First Licensed Game, Partners With Slingo For Bingo-Meets-Slots Facebook Title
2/15/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Mobile Grew Five-Fold To More Than 15 Million Daily Users In 2011
2/14/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Q4 Revenue Up 59 Percent To $311.2M, Bookings Reach Record Levels
2/14/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Accused Of Ripping Off Another Competitor's Game
1/30/12 by Sarah Perez
Zynga Brings Social Gaming To The Bingo Hall With Newest Title
1/26/12 by Leena Rao
Tiny Tower Developers Call Out Zynga For Copying Their Game (After They Refused To Be Acquired)
1/24/12 by Greg Kumparak
If The Tech Industry Had Its Way, Hollywood Would Be Zynga
1/20/12 by Alexia Tsotsis
Zynga Debuts Newest Word Puzzle And Social iOS Game, Scramble With Friends
1/5/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Brings Social Gameplay To Concealed Object Puzzles With Newest Facebook Title, Hidden Chronicles
1/4/12 by Leena Rao
Zynga Shares Down 5 Percent On Second Day Of Trading
12/19/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga COO John Schappert On Going Public, And What’s Coming Next
12/17/11 by Eric Eldon
Facebook Changes Helping Developers Reach Users (Including Zynga, Ahead Of Its IPO)
12/13/11 by Eric Eldon
Kixeye Hires Ex-Zynga Exec And Lionside Co-founder Brandon Barber
12/13/11 by Rip Empson
Approaching IPO Day, Zynga Now Has The Top Five Games On Facebook
12/12/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga, Vostu Settle Copyright Lawsuit; Brazilian Gaming Company To Pay Up
12/6/11 by Leena Rao
Source: Zynga Lowering IPO Valuation To $10 Billion Range, Due To Larger Economic Fears
11/30/11 by Eric Eldon
Reports: Zynga Launches Dog And Pony Show Ahead Of Mid-December IPO
11/29/11 by Eric Eldon
Zynga’s CastleVille Crosses 5M Daily Active Users, Now Growing Faster Than CityVille
11/21/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Teams Up With Best Buy To Sell FarmVille Collectible Plush Toys
11/14/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Q3 Revenue Up 80 Percent To $306.8M; Net Income Down Over 50 Percent To $12.5M
11/4/11 by Leena Rao
Groupon Vs. Zynga: Which Company Will Be More Valuable Post-IPO?
11/4/11 by Rip Empson
Zynga's Newest Title CastleVille Combines Rich Storylines, Fantasy, And Social Gaming In A Medieval World
11/3/11 by Leena Rao
Private Stock Transactions Up 73 Percent This Year On SecondMarket
10/26/11 by Erick Schonfeld
Mark Pincus Used To Be Sean Parker’s Boss
10/18/11 by Alexia Tsotsis
Check Out Zynga’s Amazing New Campus
10/11/11 by Alexia Tsotsis
Facebook Gangsters Rejoice: Zynga's Mafia Wars 2 Goes Live
10/10/11 by Chris Velazco
Despite A Flux Of New Titles, Zynga Still Focusing On Building Out New Features For Existing Games
10/7/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga To Debut New, 3D Version Of Facebook Game Mafia Wars
9/20/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Debuts Most Feature-Rich, Multi-Dimensional Facebook Game To Date: Adventure World
9/1/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Debuts Newest Facebook Game: Adventure World
8/30/11 by Leena Rao
Another EA Exec Jumps Ship To Zynga; Jeff Karp Joins As Chief Marketing And Revenue Officer
8/21/11 by Leena Rao
After Frontierville, Zynga Channels The Wild West Again For Facebook Game The Pioneer Trail
8/12/11 by Leena Rao
U.S. Judge Slaps Around Brazilian Court In Zynga v. Vostu
8/11/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga’s New S-1: Zynga’s Internal Valuation In March 2011 Was $11.5 Billion
8/11/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Sues Google Over Vostu Dispute, Brazilian Judge Grants Injunction
8/3/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Partners With Tencent To Launch Localized Chinese Version Of CityVille
7/25/11 by Leena Rao
Vostu Goes On The Offensive Against Zynga. This Will Get Uglier.
7/20/11 by Michael Arrington
Excited about Zynga’s IPO? Get Ready for Korea’s Nexon
7/8/11 by Sarah Lacy
Zynga Buys Canadian Mobile App Development Firm Five Mobile; Opens Toronto Studio
7/8/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Combines Privacy Education, Gaming And Rewards With PrivacyVille
7/7/11 by Leena Rao
How This Year’s Tech IPOs Are Doing, And Who’s Next
7/4/11 by Leena Rao
Why Is Zynga Rushing Towards Its IPO?
7/1/11 by Erick Schonfeld
Zynga And Facebook: Pray They Don’t Alter The Deal Any Further
7/1/11 by Jason Kincaid
As Zynga Files For $1B IPO, LinkedIn And Pandora Stocks Pop
7/1/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga’s Largest Shareholders And How Much They Own
7/1/11 by Leena Rao
A Snapshot Of Zynga’s Financials: Revenues Grew 392 Percent Last Year To $600 Million
7/1/11 by Erick Schonfeld
Social Gaming Giant Zynga Files For $1 Billion IPO
7/1/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga To Provide Customized Mobile Games And Content To AT&T Customers
6/29/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Planning To File For IPO As Early As Tomorrow, Will Raise $1.5 To $2B At $15 To $20B Valuation
6/28/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga v. Vostu: Vostu Uses The “I Know You Are But What Am I” Defense
6/16/11 by Michael Arrington
WAR! Zynga Sues The Hell Out Of Brazilian Clone Vostu
6/16/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Wants You To Build A Neighborhood With ‘CityVille Hometown’ iOS App
6/15/11 by Leena Rao
Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, And David Lee On High Valuations And Competing With Platforms
6/8/11 by Erick Schonfeld
Zynga Turns Hangman Into A Social iOS Game With The Debut Of ‘Hanging With Friends’
6/6/11 by Leena Rao
Note to Self: If the Halls Clear at Conferences, IPOs Are Near
6/2/11 by Sarah Lacy
Backstage Pass: Bing Gordon on What EA Needs to Do to Survive (TCTV)
6/1/11 by Sarah Lacy
Zynga Channels Settlers Of Catan In New Social Combat Game Empires & Allies; Debuts In 12 Languages
5/31/11 by Leena Rao
Scoop: European Social Games Phenomenon wooga Raises $24 Million
5/30/11 by Robin Wauters
Bing Gordon: The Zynga/Facebook Credits Battle Was The Cuban Missile Crisis Of Tech
5/24/11 by Jason Kincaid
Zynga And DreamWorks Partner For Kung Fu Panda 2 Marketing Deal In CityVille
5/20/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Continues Shopping Spree; Buys Social Game Studio DNA Games
5/18/11 by Leena Rao
Lady Gaga On The Farm
5/17/11 by Erick Schonfeld
GagaVille: Zynga And Lady Gaga Announce Major Partnership
5/10/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Acqhires Contributors To iPhone Games Framework Cocos2D
5/9/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Continues International Expansion; Acqhires UK Mobile Gaming Studio Wonderland Software
4/27/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Discontinues Mafia Wars Game On Myspace
4/18/11 by Leena Rao
The Vote Is in and Twitter Gets its Tax Breaks. Now, What about Everyone Else?
4/5/11 by Sarah Lacy
The Big Vote Is Today: Will San Francisco Hang on to Twitter?
4/5/11 by Sarah Lacy
Zynga Acquires Team Behind Online Poker Statistics Site PokerTableRatings
4/5/11 by Leena Rao
ShrekVille? Zynga Adds DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg To Board
4/4/11 by Leena Rao
Lady Gaga Donates $750K To Zynga’s Japan Earthquake Relief Campaign
3/28/11 by Leena Rao
The Onion: Facebook "Is Truly A Dream Come True For The CIA" (Video)
3/21/11 by Erick Schonfeld
Is Late Stage the New Early? Behind the Staggering Return of the $1B Venture Fund
3/20/11 by Sarah Lacy
Why Women Rule The Internet
3/20/11 by Guest Author
Zynga Adds Team From Mobile And Video Game Developer Floodgate Entertainment
3/18/11 by Leena Rao
San Francisco Controller Publishes Candid Report On How Badly They Need Twitter
3/16/11 by Michael Arrington
San Francisco Doing Everything It Can To Drive Zynga And Twitter Away
3/15/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Gamers Raise $1 Million For Tsunami Relief
3/14/11 by Rip Empson
RewardVille Lets You Earn Points Across Zynga’s Social Games
3/14/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Enables Donations To Tsunami Relief Through In-Game Purchases
3/11/11 by Alexia Tsotsis
Zynga’s FarmVille Will Allow You To Sow Seeds At Farms In The English Countryside
3/11/11 by Leena Rao
Sorry Entrepreneurs: You’re Probably the Rule, Not the Exception
2/27/11 by Sarah Lacy
The Separation of Church And Zynga: Wedding Chapels Stripped From CityVille
2/26/11 by Michael Arrington
San Francisco Wants to Tax Your Stock Options– All of Them.
2/18/11 by Sarah Lacy
Zynga’s Reported $7-$10 Billion Valuation Surpasses That Of EA
2/14/11 by Alexia Tsotsis
Zynga Brings Newtoy’s Crossword Game ‘Words With Friends’ To Android Phones
2/2/11 by Leena Rao
CityVille Adds 20 New Levels To Please 100 Million Players
2/1/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Close To Acquiring Whereoscope, The App That Lets You Track Your Kids
1/27/11 by Jason Kincaid
Facebook To Make ‘Facebook Credits’ Mandatory For Game Developers (Confirmed)
1/24/11 by Jason Kincaid
Zynga Acquires Social Game Developer Area/Code; Launches New York Office
1/21/11 by Leena Rao
Zynga Preps The Launch Of RewardVille: Earn Rewards For Playing Games
1/19/11 by Robin Wauters
Bing Gordon, Kleiner Perkins Partner And Level 60 CityVille Player
1/10/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga To Acquire Flock, The Social Browser That You Never Used
1/5/11 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Hires Fourth Ex-MySpace Exec
1/5/11 by Michael Arrington
Walker Digital Sues Zynga, Activision Blizzard Over Gaming Patent
1/5/11 by Robin Wauters
Will CityVille Be First To Blow Past 100 Million Monthly Active Users?
1/3/11 by Robin Wauters
The Year In Virtual Goods By The Numbers
12/31/10 by Guest Author
Back off SEC: Let’s Put the “Risk” of Secondary Markets in Perspective
12/29/10 by Sarah Lacy
Zynga’s CityVille Now More Than 25 Percent Bigger Than FarmVille
12/28/10 by Robin Wauters
Zynga Debuts First Mobile Web Browser Game Mafia Wars Atlantic City
12/20/10 by Leena Rao
Nuthin’ But A “Z” Thang: Zynga Premieres Mafia Wars Music Partnership With Dr. Dre
12/17/10 by Leena Rao
CityVille Hits 6 Million Daily Active Users In 8 Days
12/11/10 by Erick Schonfeld
Zynga’s CityVille Game Already At 3 Million Daily Active Users (Le Web)
12/9/10 by Robin Wauters
Zynga’s CityVille Springs To A Metropolis Overnight (Surprised?)
12/6/10 by Jason Kincaid
Zynga Buys Mobile Gaming Developer Newtoy
12/2/10 by Leena Rao
Zynga’s FarmVille Heads To The Land Of The Rising Sun
11/30/10 by Jason Kincaid
American Express Now Lets You Swap Rewards Points For Zynga’s Purple Cows
11/30/10 by Jason Kincaid
John Doerr and Mary Meeker Speak about their New Partnership
11/29/10 by Sarah Lacy
Can Anything Stop The Facebook Juggernaut?
11/25/10 by Jon Evans
Zynga Is “Extremely Pleased” With Playdom/Disney Litigation Settlement
11/23/10 by Michael Arrington
First Look: Zynga Takes On Rivals With CityVille, A Casual Virtual Metropolis
11/17/10 by Jason Kincaid
Zynga To Sell Candy Cane Seeds To Help Build Children’s Hospital
11/17/10 by Michael Arrington
Zynga Will No Longer Take A Cut Of Charitable Donations
11/16/10 by Michael Arrington
Yahoo Begins To Integrate Zynga Games, Launches Mafia Wars & FishVille
11/16/10 by Jason Kincaid
Mark Pincus On Zynga Stats, “Dog Activated”, And Frontierville Same-Sex Marriages
11/15/10 by MG Siegler
Social Gaming: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Headed
11/13/10 by Guest Author
Hey, Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare: Zynga and I Are in Indonesia. Where Are You?
11/6/10 by Sarah Lacy
Facebook, Groupon And Zynga Investor Mail.ru (aka, DST) Shoots For $5.7B Valuation In IPO
10/25/10 by Robin Wauters
Zynga Goes Hiring Via Its New German Base
10/22/10 by Mike Butcher
Is Zynga Trying To Patent Virtual Currency?
10/22/10 by Alexia Tsotsis
Pincus: In Five Years, Connections Will Be To Each Other, Not The Web; We’ll Be Dial Tones
10/21/10 by MG Siegler
Zynga Brings FarmVille To The iPad
10/21/10 by Leena Rao
Live: Kleiner Perkins Unveils The $250 Million sFund With Facebook, Zynga, and Amazon
10/21/10 by MG Siegler
TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues (Part II)
10/12/10 by Guest Author
SEC Filing Suggests Zynga Paid At Least $6.3 Million For Bonfire Studios
10/12/10 by Leena Rao
Zynga’s Shopping Spree Continues, Buys Video Game Developer Bonfire Studios
10/5/10 by Leena Rao
Zynga Hires Yahoo’s David Ko As SVP Of Mobile
10/4/10 by Alexia Tsotsis
Bing Gordon: “Zynga Is Four Disruptions In One”
9/27/10 by Jason Kincaid
Zynga CTO On Moving Mountains Of Data (TCTV)
9/22/10 by Contributor
Ask a VC: Fred Wilson Gives Blunt Answers to Your Questions (TCTV)
9/10/10 by Sarah Lacy
TC Teardown: Zynga’s Profit Machine At Risk
5/13/10 by Guest Author
Zynga Investor Calls Scamville Debate Irrelevant And Unfair
1/3/10 by Michael Arrington
Back to Zynga
Sponsors
Become a Sponsor