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Rovio advertising SVP joins Big Fish
Wibe Wageman will take the role of vice president and general manager of mobile
26th January 2012 @ 8:28am
People
Casual
AOL's Thomson and EA's Breen join Outplay board
Studio launches two new Facebook titles, adds EA and AOL veterans to board
Zynga makes $1 billion with $10 share price
All shares sold at higher end of price range as Zynga stocks starts trading
16th December 2011 @ 7:49am
Casual
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Analysts cool on Zynga IPO
Sterne Agee gives social gaming giant an "Underperform" rating
14th December 2011 @ 4:17pm
Casual
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Zynga: We can double paying players
CEO Mark Pincus tells investors that 7.7 million unique paying player count could rise after IPO
9th December 2011 @ 8:49am
Casual
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Zynga share prices set at $8.50 to $10
Social gaming company releases pricing structure with updated S1 filing
2nd December 2011 @ 1:45pm
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Tapjoy seeking buyers - report
Zynga, GREE and DeNA all possible candidates to snap up e-commerce company
MMO Glitch goes back into beta
"Two obvious and huge improvements" that Tiny Speck need to make
Take-Two CEO: Zynga metrics "are sketchy"
Strauss Zelnick attacks Zynga model, citing metrics and "disclosure issues"
30th November 2011 @ 8:15am
Publishers
Casual
Sojo Studios launches "social good" game
Facebook title WeTopia benefits real charities like Save The Children
29th November 2011 @ 3:12pm
Developers
Casual
Socialspiel launches new Facebook game
Rockstar Vienna and Deep Silver Games veterans release Tight Lines Fishing
King.com hires former Gamelab president
Jong Woo now senior development director of North America
27th October 2011 @ 10:47am
Online
Casual
Social dev Nezal secures $1 million in funding
Egyptian company targeting mobile and social games for Arabic territories
21st October 2011 @ 8:15am
Mobile
Casual
Zynga: Project Z game hub and 5 new titles revealed
Press event announces "a new social playground" and new Castleville game for casual giant
12th October 2011 @ 8:00am
Developers
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"Australian gamers are parents and grandparents"
New IGEA report reveals habits of country's gamers
11th October 2011 @ 8:50am
Games
Casual
New creative team for casual dev iWin
Laralyn McWilliams, Nick Rush and Randy Angle join Jewel Quest studio
11th October 2011 @ 7:29am
People
Casual
Former Mythic CEO founds social developer
Mark Jacobs returns with City State Entertainment
Halfbrick Studios wants 70 million downloads in China
Fruit Ninja developer calls China "its number one market"
New Corp's Shine acquires Bossa Studios
Social gaming team snapped up by Merlin production company
16th September 2011 @ 1:51pm
Online
Casual
MindJolt: Virtual goods a third of total revenue
Developer sees results after acquisition of SGN and Hapless Media
15th September 2011 @ 10:16am
Financial
Casual
Bioware, Zynga and EA veterans launch freemium start up
Rumble Entertainment wants fast action and better visuals for free to play games
14th September 2011 @ 8:18am
Developers
Casual
Young males most likely to spend on Angry Birds
New study shows males 18 - 24 most likely to convert from free to paid version of Rovio game
Disney's Sussman leaves for Zynga
SVP publishing makes move to social gaming giant
Playdom and Ngmoco investor joins Mayfield Fund
Tim Chang leaves Norwest Venture Partners to take MD role
7th September 2011 @ 1:34pm
Financial
Casual
Wooga CEO defends Facebook
Jens Begemann says while Google+ offers a better revenue share, Facebook is "an amazing platform"
Zoo Entertainment sees 63 per cent decrease in Q2 revenue
Falls to $3.7 million , compared with $9.8 million in Q2 2011
Rovio appoints Fox Digital exec as GM of North America
Andrew Stalbow to grow the Angry Birds franchise
5 million sign up for new Facebook spin off The Sims Social
Playfish's title partnered with real brands for in game product placement
Zynga amends IPO filing
Changes to revenue and employee numbers prove that social networking giant is going ahead with IPO
Jeremy Verba swaps Zynga for dating site
GM joins eHarmony as CEO after two years with social gaming company
