Zynga

Grand Theft Auto maker Take-Two Interactive is buying FarmVille’s Zynga for $12.7 billion

It’s the latest massive deal in an ever-growing string of massive video-game-industry deals.

Zynga’s cofounder bets that the next big thing is instant gaming

Justin Waldron helped usher in an era of social gaming with blockbuster titles like ‘FarmVille’. Now he’s betting his new company Playco is the new frontier.

Here’s how to play the new ‘Words With Friends’ spinoff game on Amazon’s Alexa

Social game developer Zynga today is launching a new voice game based on “Words With Friends” to be played exclusively with Alexa. It’s called “Word Pop.”

This tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessness

The CEO of the booming startup Twilio will put $1 million of company’s money toward alleviating homeless problems, urging other tech leaders to pony up, too.

How HBO Recreated The Studiedly Zany Offices Of Silicon Valley

Can The King Of Candy Keep Its Throne?

To do so, King Digital Entertainment, the Dublin-based publisher behind the massive mobile gaming hit Candy Crush Saga, must learn to do it again. And again.

Zynga’s Earnings: No Profit, Layoffs, And A $527 Million Acquisition Of NaturalMotion

Maker of crowd-pleasers such as Clumsy Ninja and CSR Racing, NaturalMotion represents a new wave of gaming using artificial intelligence and 3-D animation.

Nine Tech Companies We’d Be Surprised To Hear From In 2014

These tech companies made headlines in 2013. Here’s why they probably won’t next year.

Silicon Valley Just Had Its Most Lucrative Quarter In Five Years

Venture capital firms have invested $31.5 billion since 2009.

Facebook Wants To Track Your Cursor To Learn Even More About You

The company is considering software that measures where you’re hovering and what’s visible on your screen.

Zynga and NewSchools Kick Off Ed-Tech Co.Lab Accelerator

Co.lab’s inaugural cohort of startups includes Kidaptive, LocoMotive Labs, Motion Math, Pluto Media, and Edmodo.

Sweet: Candy Crush’s Creator King Has Filed For An IPO

King, the British company behind the breakout mobile game Candy Crush Saga, has secretly filed a pre-IPO S-1 with the SEC. Will it find success with an IPO in a post-Zynga world?

Meet Boxed, A Delivery Service For Wholesale Goods That’s Like Costco On Wheels

Boxed, a mobile delivery service for wholesale goods founded by a former Zynga exec, is trying to bring bulk goods directly to your door.

In Case You Were Confused, “Bang With Friends” Is Not Related To “Words With Friends”

Zynga has filed a claim against the casual sex app “Bang With Friends,” saying its raunchy name sounds too much like the “With Friends” family of games.

The Zynga Saga Continues: Three VPs Exit the Company

More changes for the social gamers after the appointment of Don Mattrick as CEO earlier this month.

Will Steven Spielberg Stick with “Halo” Now That Don Mattrick Left Xbox?

With his dear friend and colleague now heading up Zynga, Hollywood wonders if the Oscar-winning powerhouse will still want to adapt the video game for TV.

For Don Mattrick To Save Zynga, It Must Stop Making Games

In order to save the floundering game company, the former Xbox head is going to have to make some big changes. The first step? Stop making games.

Don Mattrick Wanted Microsoft To Buy Zynga In 2010

Zynga’s brand new CEO, formerly the president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment unit, was in talks to buy the company when it was growing rapidly on Facebook. But talks fell apart, and then Zynga took a nosedive.

Meet Former Xbox Boss Don Mattrick, Who Just Left Microsoft To Turn Around Zynga

Zynga’s Mark Pincus successfully recruited Mattrick ahead of a Microsoft management shakeup. Here’s what the Ferrari-driving, game-loving “hard ass” plans to bring to his new role as CEO.