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Company Profile
Zynga
Website
www.zynga.com
About
Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, Zynga has a diverse portfolio of popular game franchises that have been downloaded more than four billion times on mobile including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. With Chartboost, a leading mobile advertising and monetization platform, Zynga is an industry-leading next-generation platform with the ability to optimize programmatic advertising and yields at scale.
Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe and Asia.
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Accolades
Articles featuring Zynga
Championing Diversity
Zynga partners with IGDA to kick off Women in Games Ambassador and Scholars initiatives at GDC
Zynga will provide mentoring from staff and access to the conference
Match-india
Zynga targets burgeoning Indian mobile games market with Rangoli Rekha: Color Match release
Match-three title heads out of soft launch
To Where The Puck’s Going
New games, new tech and more M&A: Frank Gibeau on making the right bets for Zynga’s future
Building on success
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy17
Zynga posts first profitable year since 2010 following successful launch of Words With Friends 2
CSR2 and Zynga Poker also continuing to grow
Bulls & Bears
Which mobile game stocks performed best in 2017?
On the up
Focus On The Details
"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance
The Zynga co-founder on creativity, failing fast and why the small details in games matter
New Vision
Why CEO Frank Gibeau sees augmented reality as a key long-term opportunity for Zynga
No gimmickry. Just creative integrity
Mixing Messages
How a new AR mode could extend CSR Racing 2 from game into petrolhead status symbol app
The whole world’s a garage
On The Up
Zynga posts profit for second consecutive quarter for first time since IPO
Revenues at highest level in four years
Maximising Value
Win-win: Peak Games sells its casual card game portfolio to Zynga for $100 million
Peak doubles down on match-3, Zynga boosts card sector
Man Of The People
Zynga hires former GoPro SVP of People Jeff Ryan as new Chief People Officer
Starts on November 27th
Office Closure
Zynga to close NaturalMotion Oxford office
Staff to be either laid off or moved to London and Brighton offices
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Conceived And Created
Zynga partners with Ferrari on CSR Racing 2 in-game event for 70th anniversary
New cars and challenges for players between September 14th to February 2018
Big Bets
Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?
Stick within a $3 billion market or twist for $40 billion?
The Charticle
The games powering Zynga's profitability
Zynga's latest financials paint a rosy picture, but how has it got here?
Zynga India
Zynga makes push for India with localised match-3 game Rangoli Rekha: Color Match
Presumably being developed by Bangalore studio
Firing On All Cylinders
Despite profitability, Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau says it’s too early to declare victory
Dog on the up
Rewarding Partnership
Zynga makes Unity exclusive rewarded advertising partner
To be integrated into all publisher's games that already use rewarded ads
Zynga Financials Q2 Fy17
Zynga scores $5.1 million profit thanks to continued growth of Zynga Poker and its social slots
CSR 2 continues to grow too
Words With Television
Zynga partners with MGM for new Words With Friends TV game show
Could also incorporate other titles in publisher's portfolio
One For All
Zynga apologises to CSR Racing 2 players over setting random prices for the same car
Some players paid up to $34.99, while others scored the car for $4.99
Not A Forever Franchise
Zynga shuts down mobile Mafia Wars after three months
Another one bites the dust
Winding Down
NaturalMotion winding down commercial tech licensing business for third-party developers
Focusing on live operations and new game development
All About The Money
Naive, greedy or both: Why can’t games companies IPO properly?
The uncertain pricing of uncertainty
China Dawns
Zynga partners with NetEase to launch Dawn of Titans in China
Expected to release later this year
Words With Zynga
Zynga Words With Friends GM on chat app games: "The opportunity is massive"
Zynga's Vaibhav Sahgal and Mark Kantor discuss bringinng Words With Friends to Instant Games
Next-gen Education
Zynga partners with University of Southern California to support diversity and inclusive game production
Class for social mobile game design innovation will commence in autumn 2017
Good Hand
Why Zynga Poker’s success is the tail wagging the Zynga dog
Frank Gibeau on the road ahead
Road To Recovery
Zynga shares surge to their highest point since mid-2014 after promising Q1 earnings
Latest financials please investors
Zynga Financials Q1 Fy17
Zynga sees revenues rise to over $194 million as Zynga Poker sees huge boost
Words With Friends suffers heavy losses
Amicable Parting
NaturalMotion co-founder and CEO Torsten Reil leaves after 15 years
Time for a break
Partnerships With Friends
Zynga partners with People to launch latest social game Crosswords With Friends
That's three With Friends games launched in the last two months
Splitting Aces
Zynga doubles down on Zynga Poker with Snapchat lens
Not the best known gaming platform out there
A Gif For All
Zynga partners with GIF sharing platform Tenor for GIFs Against Friends
Continues to barrel down the With Friends approach
Sleeping With The Fishes
Zynga digs deep into its back-catalogue for newly soft-launched game Mafia Wars
The title returns for another crack at the big time
Acquisitive Inquisitions
10 mobile game M&A deals that probably won't happen but which maybe should
Joining the dollar dots
Boggles The Mind
Zynga nabs licence for new mobile game Boggle With Friends
It's like Boggle, but with your friends
First Among Equals?
Did you know Zynga now generates more mobile game revenue than EA?
Zynga rise is going unnoticed
Zynga Solitaire
Zynga acquires four Solitaire games from little-known developer for $42.5 million
Harpan LLC just made a killing
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Forevergreens & Bold Beats
Why Zynga and Glu Mobile are focusing on the past for future success
Frank Gibeau and Nick Earl are singing from the same hymn sheet
Playing On Bold Beats
CEO Frank Gibeau on how Zynga is regaining its mojo through live operations
It's time to create forever franchises
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy16
Zynga remains loss-making but revenues and bookings increase in Q4 2016
Zynga Poker makes up 20% of all Q4 revenues
Zynga Board Additions
Zynga bolsters Board of Directors with two new additions
Carol Mills and Janice Roberts boost numbers to 10
Just Do It
Were the 21 months Dawn of Titans spent in soft launch a waste of time?
As the game cooked, the market moved on
New Finland Studio
Zynga hiring for new Helsinki development studio headed by former EA Tracktwenty execs
Former EA Tracktwenty execs take charge