When we first heard about the opportunity to not only work with Wizards of the Coast but on the Dungeons and Dragons property itself, well let’s just say that the nerdgasm around the...
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Zynga drops the Flock: Social browser dies; developers join new team
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga --well, social gaming in general, but mostly Zynga--has had an incredibly disruptive effect on not just the gaming industry, but now on the information technology industry....
Zynga hires former Cisco SVP Debra Chrapaty as new CIO
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga , we think it's time for an intervention. You just bought hired Taylor Barada yesterday and now Debra Chrapaty as your new chief information officer?
Zynga acquires former Yahoo acquisitions head for unknown role
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga is not only buyout-crazy for whole studios, it's gone cuckoo for people now too . No one is safe. Well, if making a metric ton of...
Zynga cashes in on online poker stats site PokerTableRatings
Filed under: Other Games "And we wonder why..." the Games.com writer typed with liberal snark as he stroked his long, Pai Mei-style beard.
FarmVille-maker Zynga buys Floodgate Entertainment for Boston studio
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Let the flood, floodgate, dam and other liquid-related puns ensue.
Disney acquires Warimals maker Rocket Pack
Filed under: Other Games Disney is apparently hoping to conquer the social gaming space outside of their acquisition of Playdom last summer , as they have picked up another social gaming company in...
FarmVille maker Zynga opens New York studio, East Coast: Acquired
Filed under: Other Games If Zynga were a sentient robot bent on global domination, the news of the company's ninth acquisition in just eight months would probably sound more like, "East Coast of...
Hardcore social games developer Kabam raises $30M to combat Zynga
Filed under: Other Games With social gamers predicted to grow to 30 percent of total Internet users by 2012 , stories of funding and acquisitions aren't going anywhere. Next in line for some...
RockYou buys Playdemic in race to catch up to larger developers
Filed under: Other Games In its second acquisition in little over a month, Calif.-based social game developer RockYou says that it will buy Playdemic , VentureBeat reports , for an undisclosed amount. A...
FarmVille-maker Zynga buys Flock social browser for reasons unknown
Filed under: Other Games In its eighth major purchase in less than a year, Zynga has acquired Flock , a social network browser that launched in 2005 to little fanfare and success, Gamesindustry.biz...
RockYou goes green by acquiring 3D eco-platform TirNua
Filed under: Other Games Social game developer RockYou has had its fair share of ups and downs over the past year.
NightClub City celebrates Tron with avatar clothing promotion
Filed under: Other Games With Disney's acquisition of Playdom earlier this year, many might have assumed that the only "Disney" presence we would seen in Facebook games would be in those coming from...
Zynga, Playdom settle trade-secret theft legal battle, nobody fights fair
Filed under: Other Games Zynga settled a lawsuit and-- surprise --they weren't the victims of it. Venture Beat reports that FarmVille creator Zynga and Playdom brought their year-long legal battle to an end...
Social City: Sign up for Disney’s Movie Club to receive 175 City Bucks
Filed under: Social City Disney is looking to make more of their acquisition of Playdom this week, by launching a new promotion (via Playdom's partnership with Trial Pay) in Social City , offering...
AM Linkage: Zynga worth more than Electronic Arts, How to prep for zombie invasion
Zynga's Value Tops Electronic Arts as Virtual-Goods Sales Surge 10 games to help you prepare for a zombie invasion Why social game maker Zynga wants a patent on virtual currencies [Venture...
Rumor: Intel ogling Open Feint, looking to invest in social gaming
Filed under: Other Games According to speculation by Business Insider , Intel's mysterious investment in mobile gaming announced today will be in Aurora Feint's Open Feint platform .
Zoo World developer RockYou suffers massive layoff
Filed under: Zoo World RockYou , one of the top 10 Facebook application developers, has laid off a huge portion of their staff today, according to TechCrunch . RockYou is most known in...
Japanese social gaming company buys Ngmoco, mobile social games are a big deal
DeNa , Japan's most successful social gaming company, has bought Ngmoco for $400 million, putting DeNa in prime position to become the largest mobile social games company in the world. The creator of...
GodFinger developer joins Japan-based DeNa, mobile social games now a big deal
DeNa , Japan's most successful social gaming company, has bought Ngmoco for $400 million, putting DeNa in prime position to become the largest mobile social games company in the world. The creator of...
Diner Dash on Facebook: Oh yes, it’s coming
Filed under: Other Games If you're not familiar with the Diner Dash game series starring the uber-waitress Flo -- well, you're probably missing out on one of the most fun and addicting games...
Microsoft could buy its way into social games in 2011, analysts say
The year 2011might involve even more acquisitions in social gaming from more companies than just Zynga , with potential buyers like Microsoft and media giant Viacom expected by analysts to be considering serious...
Wheel of Fortune for Facebook could lead to even more GSN social games
Filed under: Other Games Wheel of Fortune , the crazy popular game show hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, was digitized (and socialized) as a Facebook game in September. It was revealed...
Zynga Germany rises from acquisition of German game company Dextrose
In the next phase of the Zynga Dominion Initiative (kidding, sort of), the social gaming titan behind FarmVille has acquired Dextrose , a Mainz-based German gaming technology company that developed the Aves engine,...
RealNetworks buys Family Feud maker Backstage Technologies
Acquisition-fest 2010 shows no signs of slowing down this week as RealNetworks has purchased Canadian social gaming company Backstage Technologies . While Backstage got its start on Facebook with mildly popular lottery-style apps...