Articles Tagged ‘zynga’
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Zynga Unleashes Zombie Hordes In The Streets Of New York City And San Francisco
BY Tommy Ly on Thu May 24th, 2012
To celebrate their upcoming title, Zombie Swipeout, Zynga is having a zombie "blood drive."
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Zynga Comes Out With ZombieSmash And Fruit Ninja Combo Zombie Swipeout
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sun May 20th, 2012
Leave it to a couple of bioinformatics Ph.D. holders to develop a couple of zombie-themed iOS games.
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Zynga Goes Shoppping Once Again, Acquires Shoptown Hero Developer Wild Needle
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Tue May 15th, 2012
Zynga, the well-known San Francisco-based social gaming giant, has brought yet another gaming startup to its fold.
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AppAdvice Daily: Games To Play With Friends Or Strangers
BY Robin Rhys on Wed May 09th, 2012
Today we are featuring some of our favorite turn based games - watch the show to see what made the list!
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Zynga Sues France-Based Kobojo Over PyramidVille
BY Tommy Ly on Sun May 06th, 2012
The social gaming giant, Zynga, has filed a lawsuit to protect its line of "ville" games.
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Zynga’s Draw Something Game Now Includes Unique Advertising
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Fri May 04th, 2012
Just weeks after Zynga purchased OMGPOP for $180 million, we’re beginning to see how that acquisition is changing the popular game, Draw Something. Instead of running spammy ads, the freebie version of the game now includes terms for players to draw paid for by advertisers.
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Draw Something Losing A Precarious Number Of Users
BY Brent Dirks on Wed May 02nd, 2012
It looks like Zynga’s recent $200 million dollar acquisition of Draw Something maker OMGPOP might be running into some trouble.
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Draw Something Updates With Set Of Five New Features
BY Brent Dirks on Wed April 18th, 2012
OMGPOP's massive hit Draw Something received a major update today with five new features.
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Zynga Planning On More Acquisitions With Huge Cash Hoard
BY Brent Dirks on Tue April 17th, 2012
It looks like Zynga isn’t done acquiring mobile game makers.
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Zite's Acquisition By CNN Proves Not All Takeovers Are Bad
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed April 11th, 2012
While we don’t yet know what changes will come to OMGPOP’s popular Draw Something app or to Instagram, the photo app created by Burbn, the Zite/CNN partnership does suggest not all acquisitions are bad.
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AppAdvice’s Week In Review
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun April 08th, 2012
Afraid you might have missed some important news this week in the world of iOS? No problem. Here are some of the more popular stories we covered during the past week. Enjoy!
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Charadium II HD, The Best Draw-And-Guess Game Around, Gets The Retina Display Treatment
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed April 04th, 2012
Charadium II HD today received the Retina display treatment for the new iPad. Created by On5, version 2.36 of the popular draw-and-guess game is available now in the App Store in both a paid and free version.
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Fortune And Fame Bring Out Worst In Draw Something Creator
BY A.T. Faust III on Mon April 02nd, 2012
Fame makes monsters of us all, but Dan Porter is no Lady Gaga.
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The Only OMGPOP Employee To Turn Down Zynga, Bravo!
BY Jamie Young on Tue March 27th, 2012
Zynga buys OMGPOP and the employees ... but not this guy!
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AppAdvice Daily: Gaming Weekly Roundup
BY Robin Rhys on Thu March 22nd, 2012
Angry Birds Space is here, Zen Bound 2 Universal gets an update and a price drop, Zynga buys OMGPOP, and Chillingo releases even more hits - all on today's AppAdvice Daily.
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Draw Something Like $200 Million? You Got It!
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed March 21st, 2012
It’s official! Zynga has purchased developer OMGPOP. Zynga made the announcement today during a news conference. The deal is said to be worth $200 million.
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Report: Zynga In Talks To Buy Draw Something's Maker OMGPOP
BY Brent Dirks on Mon March 19th, 2012
It appears that if social game developer Zynga can’t beat the Draw Something phenomenon, they will attempt to do the next best thing – buy it.
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Fear And Loathing In The App Store - How Zynga Treats Its ‘Whales’
BY Juli Clover on Mon March 05th, 2012
Zynga's big spenders, also known as "whales," get special treatment from the company.
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Social Developer Vostu Issues Massive Layoffs In Response To Zynga Settlement
BY A.T. Faust III on Thu February 16th, 2012
Vostu's settlement with Zynga has likely led to massive internal restructuring.
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Controversial Tiny Tower Clone Hits The App Store
BY Andy Nicolaides on Tue February 14th, 2012
Zynga's Tiny Tower clone Dream Heights strong arms itself onto the App Store.
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