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Why 'the majority' of Zynga's management team left after Mattrick arrived

By Dave Tach on Jun 05, 2014 06.05.14

Since Don Mattrick became CEO in July 2013, most of Zynga's management team has left the company, Mattrick said during an interview at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Technology...

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FarmVille Holiday Lights expansion helps raise $1M for charity

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Dec 21, 2013 12.21.13

FarmVille's recently released, charity-based expansion, Holiday Lights, raised more than $1 million for hunger-relief charity Feeding America, according to a blog post from Zynga. Holiday Lights...

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How Don Mattrick plans to turn Zynga around

By Michael McWhertor on Jul 25, 2013 07.25.13

Zynga CEO Don Mattrick has only been on the job for about two weeks, but the former Xbox chief already has ideas about how to turn the home of FarmVille and Zynga Poker around. During an investor...

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Hasbro's video game revenue increases 19 percent

By Dave Tach on Jul 22, 2013 07.22.13

Hasbro, Inc.'s investment in video games is doing well for the company, which reported a 19 percent percent increase in games revenues in the second quarter of 2013 today. The growth represents...

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FarmVille 2 director encourages developers to 'never insult your players'

By Tracey Lien on Mar 27, 2013 03.27.13

Developers of casual games should not fall into the trap of thinking players don't understand games, because "casual players will surprise you," according to FarmVille 2 developer Wright Bagwell. B...

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FarmVille animated series in development courtesy of Brett Ratner

By Dave Tach on Feb 07, 2013 02.07.13

An animated series based on Zynga's FarmVille is in development from executive producer Brett Ratner, director of the Rush Hour series of films and producer of Fox's Prison Break TV series,...

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Zynga 2012 revenue $1.2B, up 12 percent

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Feb 05, 2013 02.05.13

Zynga emerged from 2012 with $1.2 billion in revenue, a 12 percent increase over last year's earnings, according to the financial report posted today. According to CEO and founder Mark Pincus, the...

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A shaky start to 2013 could be good for the games industry

By Brian Crecente on Feb 04, 2013 02.04.13

January was the cruelest of months in recent video game history. But that's not an entirely bad thing. Last month saw the disintegration of a major publisher, the shuttering of a Disney-backed...

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Zynga CEO among the worst of 2012, according to Businessweek

By Dave Tach on Dec 17, 2012 12.17.12

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is among the worst CEOs of 2012, according to an article in Businessweek based on selections from Sydney Finkelstein, a Dartmouth College professor. Finkelstein, who teaches...

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Kixeye expands to British Columbia, appoints former Zynga director as GM

By Tracey Lien on Dec 07, 2012 12.07.12

San Francisco-based social game developer Kixeye opened a studio in Victoria, British Columbia this week, appointing former Zynga Director of Development Clayton Stark as general manager. Prior to...