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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 Weâ€™ve Been, and Where Weâ€™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

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