Online gaming giant, Zynga, released their fourth quarter and year-end earnings report on Valentines Day. That report, made easy-to-understand by the info graphic below, revealed some interesting things about Zynga. In 2011, Zynga generated $1.14 Billion in revenue. Zynga paid …

Zynga has been accused of being a copycat, but there are copycats of Zynga as well. Zynga doesn’t take too kindly to being copied. TechCruch is reporting that Brazilian social games developer, Vostu, has laid off a portion of its …

Zynga just released its Q4 and full-year earnings report. Revenue was up 91% year-over-year to $1.14 billion in 2011. Online game revenue was $1.07 billion, an increase of 85% year-over-year. Ad revenue was $74.5 million, an increase of 226% year-over-year. …

If you’re a Words With Friends or Scramble With Friends player, you might have already seen a little push by Zynga to get you to play their (already widely popular) games. Beginning a couple of days ago, Zynga began pushing …

Zynga is being taken to court, but not over their games – it’s over patents. Personalized Media Communications filed a patent suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Zynga. They claim that the social …

The people behind FarmVille, Words With Friends, and Mafia Wars are teaming up with the people behind Transformers, Nerf, and My Little Pony to produce a line of real-life toys and games based on the popular social games. The two …

Statista has come out with some interesting new figures about how much money a company generates per employee based on their reported figures. I know this is the technology age, but these figures are huge! Below are the bar graphs …

I’ll start this out the way that it really should be started – with a warning to have your grain of salt ready. From the some-guy-is-bashing-his-former-company-on-reddit files, it appears that Zynga focuses the large majority of their attention on folks …

As we reported last week, Zynga was accused of straight up stealing the ideas in Tiny Tower for their new game Dream Heights. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus wrote an internal memo defending their style of game development. That memo has …

Zynga is obviously important to Facebook, but we never knew how important until Facebook’s S-1 filing yesterday. In the document, it’s said that Zynga accounted for approximately 12 percent of Facebook’s revenue last year. Facebook made most of its money …

Zynga, makers of fine Facebook and mobile games, makes a living by taking an established game idea and making it their own. This has led to accusations over the years that Zynga flat-out copies games from their competitors. Zynga’s new …

Everybody loves Words With Friends. Whether playing against Facebook friends or challenging random strangers, Zynga’s not-quite-Scrabble game is the go-to time waster for millions of people. Now it looks like the game might be useful for more than just teaching …

Fans of Zynga’s Words With Friends (or Boggle) may be interested to know that the company just launched Scramble With Friends. Even the icon for the game looks like Words With Friends, as to present a familiar experience for users …

Popular game maker Zynga has just launched their newest Facebook addiction. The company has announced on their blog that Hidden Chronicles is now available on Facebook in 15 languages. Hidden Chronicles is a hidden objects game that tests players’ observation …

Facebook has just released their top 10 list for games, and it contains some surprises as well as some expected results. Most striking is the absence of social gaming powerhouse Zynga from the top two spots on the list. Zynga …

As you may know, Zynga launched its IPO – the biggest tech IPO since Google’s. The company is now trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol ZNGA. “CEO Mark Pincus rang the opening bell, along with his …

Zynga, the company behind such social gaming hits as Farmville, Cityville, Mafia Wars and Words With Friends, launches its IPO today. That includes 100 million shares at $10 a piece. That values the company at over a billion, and is …

“What harm would it do to let him keep playing his game, not any game mind you, but a word game for smart people.” Only a few days removed from Words With Friends-gate, Alec Baldwin has addressed the incident publicly …

If you’ve ever sampled the wonderful nectar that is Words With Friends you are likely aware of how addicting the game can be. Actor and Very Public Tweeter Alec Baldin has experienced this. In fact, so compelling was the need …

This might be the best thing to happen to Casinos since Robert Deniro and Joe Pesci. According to eGaming Review (content is behind a firewall), Facebook could be offering real money gambling in the UK in early 2012. Zynga is …

The Stop Online Piracy Act, or any of its many variations, something WebProNews has discussed before, is finally meeting a great deal of resistance as various online movements, and the long-awaited push back from entities like Google, Facebook, and Mozilla …