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News

Zynga Files $US1b IPO Fuelled By Virtual Farms, Mob Wars

2:28AM July 2, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The game makers behind mega Facebook games FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia Wars today filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take Zynga public in hopes of raising $US1 billion. More »

Gaming

I Can Put Up With Ads While I Hang, Thanks.

11:30PM June 15, 2011 | Jen Schiller

The newest addition to Zynga’s game family is Hanging With Friends, an app for iGadgets big and small. It’s a twist on classic hangman, with elements of Scrabble and other word games thrown in. You can only choose from a… [Kotaku]

News

Why Are Tech Founders Such Arseholes?

5:40AM April 21, 2011 | Ryan Tate

In the past couple of weeks, the co-founders of Microsoft and Twitter have been attached to the same kinds of unsavoury stories that have long dogged the people behind Facebook, Apple, Zynga and other top tech firms. What is it about computers and money that instills villainy? More »

Online

Facebook Hacker Gets Slapped With Two-Year Jail Term

2:41AM March 24, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

After stealing £7 million ($11.4 million) in virtual money from Zynga, Brit Ashley Mitchell has been sent to jail for two years to think long and hard about how his gambling addiction led him to that cold grey cell. More »

Gaming

News Corp Wants A Slice Of Farmville’s Pie

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10:27AM March 21, 2011 | Nick Broughall

So apparently people actually spend both a lot of time and a lot of money playing Farmville. And now News Corporation wants in on that social gaming cash cow. More »

Gaming

If This Is How PC Gaming Will Live, Maybe It Should Die

8:40AM February 18, 2011 | Brian Crecente

There was a time when Brian Reynolds was best known for his work on epic computer strategy games like Civilization II, Rise of Nations and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. But nowadays he’s the poster child for the casualfication of gaming. More »

Gaming

These Facebook Games Are Bigger Than You Think

4:00AM February 4, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

If you’ve ever felt like comparing how much money a “traditional” video game makes as opposed to how much a Facebook game makes, check out this chart. It makes for interesting/depressing reading. More »

Entertainment

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

12:20AM December 3, 2010 | Brian Barrett

It looks as though the Tron: Legacy production team thought of nearly everything in updating the classic for today’s audience. Here’s the one crucial, hilarious detail they forgot about, though. More »

Online

We Spend 927 Million Hours Per Month Playing Facebook Games

12:20AM October 21, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is truly crazy data: 290 million people play FarmVille and other Facebook games – five of the top 10 are by Zynga – every month. Combined, that’s 4406 years worth of play time – or 105,878 man-years milking virtual cows. More »

Online

Report: FarmVille Sends Personal Info To Ad Firms

6:20PM October 19, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Dozens of Facebook applications, including Zynga’s wildly popular casual games FarmVille, Mafia Wars and FrontierVille, transmit user data in violation of the social network’s privacy settings, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. More »