Move over, CityVille, there’s a new game in town. Make that a slew of new games. Zynga, creator of popular social games on Facebook, is adding a pack of new products to its line-up. In addition to the just-announced CastleVille, the company has also developed Hidden Chronicles, Zynga Casino, and Project Z, its independent gaming network. READ MORE
Zynga, the San Francisco-based game developer behind FarmVille and CityVille, will delay its initial public offering. The company, which hoped to launch an IPO in early September, cited the rocky stock market, two sources told The New York Post. Zynga will now pursue an IPO in November. READ MORE
Agincourt Gaming, a Plano, Texas-based company and relative newcomer to the social gaming sector, has sued Zynga, the world’s largest social gaming company for patent infringement. Agincourt seeks compensation for damages and requests a permanent injunction against the company, which could shut down Zynga’s games on Facebook, including FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Empires & Allies. READ MORE
Google+ has been out just over a month but it’s already adding a feature that many have been asking for: games. The company has started to roll out games such as Angry Birds and Bejeweled Blitz, as well as some Zynga games such as Zynga Poker. But if you’re looking for CityVille or Farmville, you’ll be out of luck says TechCrunch’s MG Siegler. READ MORE
After effectively being blocked from Chinese consumers, social gaming company Zynga finally released its first game in the country on Tuesday, an adaptation of the popular game CityVille called Zynga City. Since games through Facebook cannot be played because the social network is banned in the country, Zynga City is played through the leading Chinese Internet service company Tencent. READ MORE
Many people skip over reading a company’s privacy policy, but users might be more inclined to take a look at Zynga’s. To better educate its customers on the company’s procedures for managing customer data, social gaming giant Zynga gamified its privacy policy, creating a brand-new game called PrivacyVille. READ MORE
Game developer Zynga, responsible for popular titles Farmville, Cityville, and Words With Friends, filed to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public offering, according to SEC documents. The company’s popularity is undeniable–Zynga counts 60 million daily active users spending a total of 2 billion minutes per day playing its various games–though popularity and profitability do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. READ MORE
In a mere 25 days since its launch, Zynga’s social combat strategy game Empires & Allies has officially surpassed the company’s hit game FarmVille, making it one of the fastest-growing games in history. The game attracted more than 39 million users in this brief time span, compared to FarmVille, which has 38.8 million active users. READ MORE
Mike Shields at Adweek makes the interesting corrolation between the decrease in soap opera viewership and the rise of some of Zynga’s most popular social games. Facebook games such as FarmVille and CityVille have 47 million and 88 million players, respectively, each month. So what does that have to do with soap operas? READ MORE
