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D10: How Zynga Plays in the Mobile Gaming Market
PC Magazine
By Michael J. Miller Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus expects mobile
gaming to grow, but believes Web-based gaming will still be crucial.
Facebook, he said at the AllThingsD conference this morning, remains
central to Zynga's platform and distribution ...
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Zynga Wants to Be a Mobile Gaming Network
Mashable
Zynga is building a portfolio of mobile, casual and social games across a
variety of social networks and platforms, including, most notably, Facebook
and iOS. It has at least 100 million monthly players across its Farmville
and Citiville games on ...
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Zynga CEO: 'We want to be a mobile gaming network'
Fiercemobilecontent
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said the company aspires to evolve into a mobile
gaming network comparable to Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox Live online
multiplayer platform. Speaking Wednesday at the All Things D conference,
Pincus said the current mobile ...
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Why McDonald's Mobile Games May Lead to Another Social Media McFail
Forbes
Now, the golden arches is moving into mobile advertising with a gaming
component. Some of what they're doing in this space is downright clever,
but other mobile ads have the potential to reignite the social-media
flaming. The good: McDonald's is using ...
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Baird raises Zynga to outperform
Reuters
(Reuters) - Robert W. Baird raised Zynga Inc to "outperform" from
"neutral," saying the social gaming company will benefit from the launch of
new games this summer and its expansion into mobile devices. "This summer,
we believe that Zynga will announce ...
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Zombie Heads Will Roll in Zombie Swipeout, Newest Mobile Social Game
From ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Zynga
(NASDAQ:ZNGA) the world's leading provider of social game services, today
announced the global launch of Zombie Swipeout, an action-packed, mobile
social game for iPhone and iPod touch ...
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PIRANHA 3DD: Mobile Game Unleashed For iOS And Android!
Icon Vs. Icon
TWC Games, a division of The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films, the
creator of the highly popular SCREAM franchise, today unveiled its new take
on horror with PIRANHA 3DD, an action adventure game now available for iOS
and Android.
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Zynga CEO: Most People Play Games at Work During 'Boring Conference Calls'
ABC News (blog)
LOS ANGELES — Zynga, maker of such popular social games as Words With
Friends and Farmville, has seen lots of growth with its mobile games, but
the CEO of the company, Mark Pincus, isn't worried about the disappearance
of the PC.
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