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Farmers Insurance Partners With Zynga For CityVille, Cafe World, FarmVille, Mafia Wars Integration
Farmers Insurance is planning a big partnership with social gaming giant Zynga. They're planning to integrate their brand into CityVille, Cafe World and Mafia Wars over the next four months. Last fall they tested out a FarmVille integration where users could have wither protection by placing a Farmers Airship on their farm. A Facebook promotion also ran at the... Read more » WARNING: ‘Zynga Promotions’ Is A Facebook Scam, No FarmVille And CityVille Rewards
The newest scam on Facebook promises users of FarmVille and CityVille rewards for posting a link. What's different about this scam is that the scammers invite users to share the link on multiple platforms so more than just Facebook users are affected. The scam starts with a post in your Facebook News Feed that links to a website called Zynga Promotions. According... Read more »
REPORT: Zynga Plans To Offer Less Than 10% Of Shares In Its IPO
Social gaming company Zynga is set to file for its IPO any day now. While we do not know the details of the IPO (such as the share price, date of the IPO and who will lead the sale), it has been reported that Zynga is planning to offer less than 10 percent of its shares in the sale. This would allow the company to both raise money to expand and retain control over... Read more » Zynga Launches New Hangman Game, ‘Hanging With Friends’
Social game developer Zynga has added a new game to its portfolio with the launch of “Hanging With Friends.” The game builds on the success of Zynga's popular “Words With Friends” title to bring a social Hangman-style game to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. “Hanging With Friends” makes Hangman much more social with creativity, strategy and... Read more »
REPORT: Zynga Set To Hire Goldman Sachs To Lead IPO
Zynga is edging ever closer to an IPO, though it has yet to hire an underwriter to lead the sale. However, the social gaming company appears to have an investment firm in mind, with a report that Zynga is close to hiring Goldman Sachs. The IPO is expected to provide Zynga with a credit line of more than $1 billion to help it make more acquisitions and add to its... Read more »
Zynga Launches Empires & Allies, Company’s First Social Combat Game
Zynga, the social gaming giants behind FarmVille and Mafia Wars, have announced the launch of a new game, Empires & Allies. The game, which is launching in 12 different languages, is Zynga's first strategy combat game and the first title from Zynga's Los Angeles office. Empires & Allies is set on a multi-island game board. The goal of the game is for... Read more »
Zynga Snags Yahoo Executive Mike Gupta
Zynga, the social gaming giants behind the hit Facebook games "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," have added another star player to their team. According to All Things D, the company has snagged Mike Gupta, a high powered strategy and corporate finance executive from Yahoo. Gupta held a number of positions at Yahoo and played an important part in their partnership deal... Read more » REPORT: Zynga To File For IPO Within Next 2 Weeks
Following the success of LinkedIn when that company debuted on the New York Stock Exchange last week, social gaming company Zynga is reportedly set to file for its IPO very, very soon. The filing could be made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within the next 2 weeks, according to All Things Digital, but Zynga declined to comment on the... Read more »
Zynga Partners With DreamWorks To Bring Kung Fu Panda 2 Themed Quest To CityVille
Fans of DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda can look forward to an exciting new addition to CityVille before the sequel comes to theaters on May 26. The animation studio is partnering with Zynga to offer users a new in-game item and quest-based on Kung Fu Panda 2. This is the first in-game integration within CityVille, Facebook's most popular app. The promotion allows... Read more »
Zynga Acquires Social Game Developer DNA Games
Zynga has announced that it has acquired social game developer DNA Games, its 14th acquisition in 12 months. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. DNA Games was founded by Jon Lee and Shaun Haase in 2009 and has developed several social games including “Casino City” and “Bar World,” both of which are available on Facebook. DNA Games... Read more »
