Since I started covering the social gaming scene for Kotaku I’ve been regularly checking the numbers over at AppStats to see which Zynga games were topping the charts on any given day. You can imagine my surprise when the...

As part of its lengthy preparations to offer real-money gambling via its social games in the U.S., Zynga has taken the first step towards acquiring a Nevada gaming license, which would help pave the way towards giving American ...

Well, now you’ve done it. Yes you, Facebook user, you’ve made Mark Pincus cry. Taken public and valued at $9 billion in so doing, Zynga’s stock price has slid to a quarter of its value at the initial public of...

Look at that face. It’s the face of Kixeye chairman and CEO Will Hardin. That is a face that means business. Now imagine it saying “Claiming that (Zynga’s) failed business practices could inform ours further e...

Last month Zynga laid off more than 100 game developers in a firing extravaganza set against the backdrop of Apple’s big iPad event. Thanks to CBS reality show “The Job”, the company’s hiring of a new as...

Shortly after firing about 150 people, Zynga has even better news for investors. It’s getting into a sure-thing moneymaker, online gambling. Gamasutra said on Thursday that Zynga saw a decent bump in its stock price after...

Zynga’s stock has gone down, and gone down hard, plunging to $2.95 a share since late July, a drop that spawned a shareholder lawsuit and gave a top executive the heave-ho. Sensing that some employees might follow him out...

Even in a banner year for great game music, Austin Wintory’s living, breathing score for Journey stands apart. I’ve been looking forward to seeing what he’s been up to—as it turns out, he’s been wo...

This little exchange yesterday on Twitter says a lot about why Electronic Arts is suing the Facebook gaming giant Zynga, and how the publishing giant really sees itself in doing so. @nimblebit You have our shield. — Elect...